Missstand
German, noun[ˈmɪsˌʃtant]
Missstand is spelled M-I-S-S-S-T-A-N-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missstand is a German masculine noun meaning “bad state of affairs” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein schlechter Zustand, der nicht der Erwartung, den Gesetzen, Vorschriften und Ähnlichem entspricht”.
What does Missstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebad state of affairs
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein schlechter Zustand, der nicht der Erwartung, den Gesetzen, Vorschriften und Ähnlichem entspricht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Missstand
- Missstandes genitive
- Missstands genitive
- Missstände plural
- Missstande dative singular
- Missständen dative definite plural
- Mißstand alternative
- Miss-Stand alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Missstand?
- [ˈmɪsˌʃtant]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Missstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Missstand in German?
Missstand appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).