verstaan

Sentences
Meaning

  1. to understand (language, words), to hear clearly
  2. (Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend

verstaan

  1. to understand (language, words), to hear clearly
  2. (Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛrˈstaːn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- + staan.

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