verstehen

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive) to understand
  2. (intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive) to understand
  3. (intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive) to understand
  4. (intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive) to understand
  5. (intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive) to understand
  6. (irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood
  7. (irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood
  8. (irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood
  9. (irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood
  10. (irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood
  11. (impersonal, irregular, reflexive, strong) to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

verstah

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

verstoh

Aargau

Aargau

verstoh

Zug

Zug

verstah

Bern

Bern

verstah

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

verstoh

Bern

Bern

vrstah

Aargau

Aargau

verstah

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

verstah

Thurgau

Thurgau

verstoh

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

verstoh

Solothurn

Solothurn

verstoh

Graubünden

Graubünden

verstoh

Lucerne

Lucerne

verstoh

Obwalden

Obwalden

verstah

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

chegge

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

verstooh

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

verstoh

Solothurn

Solothurn

vertoh

Schwyz

Schwyz

verstah

Thurgau

Thurgau

verschtoh

Valais

Valais

verstaah

Zürich

Zürich

verschtah

Zürich

Zürich

versta

Zürich

Zürich

vertah

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

versta

Bern

Bern

versta

Bern

Bern

versto

Bern

Bern

verstoh

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

verstoo

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

vrstoh

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

verschtoh

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

verstoo

Fribourg

Fribourg

vrschtah

Lucerne

Lucerne

verstah

Lucerne

Lucerne

verschto

Lucerne

Lucerne

verstoo

Obwalden

Obwalden

versta

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/fərˈʃteːən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German verstān, virstēn, vorstēn, ferstān, from Old High German firstān, firstēn, from Proto-Germanic *frastāną, equivalent to ver- + stehen. Cognate with Bavarian versteh, Dutch verstaan, Middle Low German vorstān. Compare also English forstand.

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