forstå

See also: forsta, forstaa, första, and förstå

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish forstande, Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Equivalent to for- +‎ stå. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]

Verb

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

1. to understand

Conjugation

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	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [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.
• “forstå” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

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
• fatta
• skjønna, skyna

Descendants

• Russenorsk: forstå

References

• “forstå” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk forstå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔˈʂʈoː/ (Norwegian accent)
• IPA^(key): /fɐʂˈto/ (Russian accent)

Verb

forstå

1. to understand

   Moja njet forstå

   I don't understand

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag