begreifen

Meaning

1. (class-1,strong,transitive) to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom
2. (class-1,strong,transitive) to understand intellectually
3. (class-1,reflexive,strong,transitive) to consider (to be); to see (as)

Concepts

understand

comprehend

grasp

apprehend

get

realize

realise

catch

see

grok

savvy

perceive

conceive

interpret

compass

dig

know

include

make sense

read

resolve

appreciate

understood

attain enlightenment

discern

be discovered

be found out

be known

be realised

be realized

become clear

consider

deduce

encompass

fathom

pick up

reach

get the picture

catch on

take in

arrest

seize

figure out

hear

notice

empathise

empathize

sympathise

translate

elicit

answer

enucleate

puzzle out

settle

sort out

unriddle

work

count

place

subsume

agnise

agnize

deepen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/

Etymology

From Middle High German begrifen, from Old High German bigrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- + greifen. Compare English begripe and Dutch begrijpen.