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raffen

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Hear it

verbcolloquial
  1. to snatch up, grasp
  2. to understand

Forms

Present

Iraffe
youraffst
he, she, itrafft
weraffen
you (plural)rafft
theyraffen

Preterite

Iraffte
yourafftest
he, she, itraffte
werafften
you (plural)rafftet
theyrafften

Subjunctive I

Iraffe
youraffest
he, she, itraffe
weraffen
you (plural)raffet
theyraffen

Subjunctive II

Iraffte
yourafftest
he, she, itraffte
werafften
you (plural)rafftet
theyrafften

Imperative

youraff / raffe
you (plural)rafft

Other forms

infinitiveraffen
past participlegerafft
present participleraffend

Other ways to say it

  • auffassento understand (something as, or in a certain way), to interpret, consider; to understand, comprehend, grasp
  • begreifento grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom; to understand intellectually
  • behirnento understand, to grasp
  • blickento look (usually in a certain direction toward something); to get, to understand
  • checkento check (up), to inspect, examine; to grasp, to understand
  • erfassento grasp, to grip, to seize (with one's hands); to collide with, to crash into, to run over (especially of vehicles colliding with people, animals or movable objects)
  • kapierento understand intellectually; to get; to grasp
  • nachvollziehento understand, to comprehend (a line of thought, a development, a motivation; with a focus on how something derives from previous steps or…; to retrace (the steps of a history or development)

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