verstehen

Pronunciation: /fərˈʃteːən/

“verstehen” is a German word. Its 11 meanings in English:

verb

to hear and interpret (speech)
to comprehend, to make sense of
to take, to interpret, to gather (to impute what is not explicitly stated)
to understand, to consider, to take
to know, to have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study)
to see oneself, to think of oneself
to understand one another, be able to communicate
to get along
to be an expert
to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way)
to go without saying, to be obvious

Etymology

From Middle High German verstān, virstēn, vorstēn, ferstān, from Old High German firstān, firstēn, from Proto-Germanic *frastāną, equivalent to ver- + stehen. Cognate with Bavarian versteh, Dutch verstaan, Middle Low German vorstān. Compare also English forstand.

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