verstehen — to understand, to comprehend, to apprehend in German
/fɛɐˈʃteːən/
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begreifen
to understand, to comprehend, to grasp
kapieren
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das Verständnis
understanding, comprehension
verständlich
comprehensible, understandable
das Missverständnis
misunderstanding, misconception, misapprehension
Example Sentences
Ich verstehe das nicht.
I don't understand that.
Verstehst du Deutsch?
Do you understand German?
Conjugation
| Pronoun | Present | Past |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verstehe | verstand |
| du | verstehst | verstandst |
| er/sie/es | versteht | verstand |
| wir | verstehen | verstanden |
| ihr | versteht | verstandet |
| sie/Sie | verstehen | verstanden |
Corpus Neighbors
Related words selected from level, topic, frequency, and word class.
erklären
to explain, to declare
wissen
to know
sein
to be
werden
to become, to get, will
haben
to have
können
to be able to, can, may
sagen
to say, to tell
geben
to give, to provide
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