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vermissen: miss — meaning and examples | JadoLearn

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vermissen

miss

to feel the absence of a person, place, or thing and wish it were present

IPA/fɛɐ̯ˈmɪsn̩/

The main stress follows standard German pronunciation.

Meaning 1neutral · 87%

to feel the absence of a person, place, or thing and wish it were present

Seit meinem Umzug vermisse ich meine Familie sehr.

Im Urlaub vermisse ich manchmal mein eigenes Bett.

Im neuen Büro vermisst er den direkten Kontakt mit den Kollegen.

The missed person or thing stands directly in the accusative: Ich vermisse dich.

Say Ich vermisse dich; no extra preposition is needed.

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How do you say 'I miss you'?

vermissen is transitive and takes an accusative object: jemanden, die Familie, die Heimat or etwas vermissen.