missverständlich
German, adjective[ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ʃtɛntlɪç]
missverständlich is spelled M-I-S-S-V-E-R-S-T-Ä-N-D-L-I-C-H (16 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missverständlich is a German adjective meaning “misleading” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass es etwas falsch interpretiert werden kann”.
What does missverständlich mean in English?
adjective
- 1
misleading
adverb
- 1
in a misleading fashion
Der Vertrag ist missverständlich formuliert.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. so, dass es etwas falsch interpretiert werden kann
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 missverständlich
- missverständlicher masculine nominative singular
- am missverständlichsten superlative
- missverständliche feminine nominative singular
- missverständliches neuter nominative singular
- missverständlichen genitive masculine singular
- missverständlichem dative masculine singular
- der missverständliche definite includes-article masculine
- die missverständliche definite feminine includes-article
- das missverständliche definite includes-article neuter
- die missverständlichen definite includes-article nominative
- des missverständlichen definite genitive includes-article
- der missverständlichen definite feminine genitive
- dem missverständlichen dative definite includes-article
- mißverständlich obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missverständlich?
- [ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ʃtɛntlɪç]
- [ˈmɪsfɛɐ̯ˌʃtɛntlɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to missverständlich
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is missverständlich in German?
missverständlich appears 1.0 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).