forstå

See also: forsta, forstaa, första, and förstå

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstān, Proto-Germanic *frastandaną (“to understand, oppose”), equivalent to for- +‎ stå. Cognates are Swedish förstå and German verstehen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]

Verb

forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense har forstået)

1. to understand

Inflection

Inflection of forstå

	present	past
simple	forstår	forstod
perfect	har forstået	havde forstået
passive	forstås	—
participle	forstående	forstået
imperative	forstå	—
infinitive	forstå	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	forståen	—

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔɾˈstoː/, [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

Verb

forstå (imperative forstå, present tense forstår, simple past forsto or forstod, past participle forstått)

1. to understand

Antonyms

• misforstå

Derived terms

• forståelig
• forståelse

Related terms

• forstand

References

• “forstå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstan, and Late Old Norse fyrirstanda, forstanda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔrˈstoː/

Verb

forstå (present tense forstår, past tense forstod, past participle forstått, passive infinitive forståast, present participle forståande, imperative forstå)

1. to understand

Antonyms

• misforstå

Related terms

• forstand

References

• “forstå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.