begripa
Swedish
verb-irr
Definitions
- to grasp, to understand
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German begripen derived from Old Saxon bigrīpan derived from *bigrīpan prefix from Swedish gripa.
Origin
Swedish
gripa
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begripe Norwegian Bokmål
- angripa Swedish
- begriplig Swedish
- gripa Swedish
- inbegripa Swedish
- obegriplig Swedish
- begripa Norwegian Nynorsk
- begripe Norwegian Nynorsk
- begripan Old English
- begrīpan Old English
- begribe Danish
- begribelig Danish
- gribe Danish
- bigrīfan Old High German
- *bigrīpan gmw-pro
- bigrīpan Old Dutch
- begripen Middle Low German
- begrīpen Middle Low German
- bigrīpan Old Saxon
- grīpa, gripa Old Swedish
- bigrīpa Old Frisian