verstaan
Dutch (Brabantic)
/vɛrˈstaːn/
verb
Definitions
- to understand (language, words), to hear clearly.
- to understand (an idea), to comprehend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch verstaen inherited from Old Dutch farstān derived from Proto-Germanic *fura prefix from Dutch, Flemish staan (stand).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
staan
Gloss
stand
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forsta English
- forstand English
- stand English
- verstehen English
- missverstehen German
- stehen German
- verstehen German
- verständlich German
- afstaan Dutch, Flemish
- bestaan Dutch, Flemish
- bijstaan Dutch, Flemish
- doorstaan Dutch, Flemish
- losstaan Dutch, Flemish
- misverstaan Dutch, Flemish
- omstaan Dutch, Flemish
- omstander Dutch, Flemish
- ontstaan Dutch, Flemish
- opstaan Dutch, Flemish
- staan Dutch, Flemish
- stacaravan Dutch, Flemish
- stilstaan Dutch, Flemish
- tegenstaan Dutch, Flemish
- toestaan Dutch, Flemish
- uitstaan Dutch, Flemish
- verstaanbaar Dutch, Flemish
- verstaander Dutch, Flemish
- volstaan Dutch, Flemish
- voorstaan Dutch, Flemish
- weerstaan Dutch, Flemish
- *frastandaną Proto-Germanic
- *fura Proto-Germanic
- förstå Swedish
- förståelse Swedish
- missförstå Swedish
- stå Swedish
- for Old English
- formest Old English
- forstandan Old English
- forstanden Middle English
- stâen Middle Dutch
- verstaen Middle Dutch
- staan Afrikaans
- staan op Afrikaans
- verstaan Afrikaans
- verstān Middle High German
- farstān Old Dutch
- vorstân Middle Low German
- vorstān Middle Low German
- stian Cimbrian
- vorstian Cimbrian
- farstandan Old Saxon
- forstanda Old Swedish
- forstonda Old Frisian
- ferstounde Saterland Frisian
- misferstounde Saterland Frisian
- stounde Saterland Frisian
- forstå Norwegian