begrijpen
Meaning
- (transitive) to understand (concepts, ideas), to comprehend
- (obsolete,transitive) to encompass, include
Frequency
Hyphenated as
be‧grij‧pen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bəˈɣrɛi̯pə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch begripen, from Old Dutch bigrīpan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- + grijpen.
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