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verstaan

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch verstaan, from Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fərˈstɑːn/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb edit

verstaan (present verstaan, present participle verstanende, past participle verstaan)

  1. to understand, comprehend

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

    From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- +‎ staan.

    Pronunciation edit

    • IPA(key): /vɛrˈstaːn/, /vərˈstaːn/
    • audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: ver‧staan
    • Rhymes: -aːn

    Verb edit

    verstaan

    1. to understand (language, words), to hear clearly.
    2. (Belgium) to understand (an idea), to comprehend

    Usage notes edit

    In sense 2, the verb begrijpen is more common, but verstaan is also used, while the opposite is uncommon.

    Inflection edit

    Conjugation of verstaan (strong class 6, irregular, prefixed)
    infinitive verstaan
    past singular verstond
    past participle verstaan
    infinitive verstaan
    gerund verstaan n
    present tense past tense
    1st person singular versta verstond
    2nd person sing. (jij) verstaat verstond
    2nd person sing. (u) verstaat verstond
    2nd person sing. (gij) verstaat verstondt
    3rd person singular verstaat verstond
    plural verstaan verstonden
    subjunctive sing.1 versta verstonde
    subjunctive plur.1 verstaan verstonden
    imperative sing. versta
    imperative plur.1 verstaat
    participles verstaand verstaan
    1) Archaic.

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    Participle edit

    verstaan

    1. past participle of verstaan

    Inflection edit

    Declension of verstaan
    uninflected verstaan
    inflected verstane
    positive
    predicative/adverbial verstaan
    indefinite m./f. sing. verstane
    n. sing. verstaan
    plural verstane
    definite verstane
    partitive verstaans

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    Noun edit

    verstaan

    1. genitive singular of verstas

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