verpassen

== German == === Etymology === ver- +‎ passen === Pronunciation === === Verb === verpassen (weak, third-person singular present verpasst, past tense verpasste, past participle verpasst, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to miss (be late for; be unable to use or attend) den Zug verpassen ― miss the train eine Gelegenheit verpassen ― miss an opportunity (transitive) to miss (fail to hit or reach) die Zielscheibe verpassen ― miss the target einen Rekord verpassen ― miss a record (colloquial, transitive) to provide [with dative ‘someone’ and accusative ‘with something’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verpassen Verpasser Verpassung ==== Descendants ==== → Afrikaans: verpas === Further reading === “verpassen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “verpassen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “verpassen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verpassen” in Duden online