verstehen
A1#111Hear it
verb
- to understand
- to hear and interpretspeech
- to comprehend, to make sense of
- to take, to interpret, to gatherto impute what is not explicitly stated
- to understand, to consider, to take
Forms
Present
| I | verstehe |
|---|---|
| you | verstehst |
| he, she, it | versteht |
| we | verstehen |
| you (plural) | versteht |
| they | verstehen |
Preterite
| I | verstand |
|---|---|
| you | verstandest / verstandst |
| he, she, it | verstand |
| we | verstanden |
| you (plural) | verstandet |
| they | verstanden |
Subjunctive I
| I | verstehe |
|---|---|
| you | verstehest |
| he, she, it | verstehe |
| we | verstehen |
| you (plural) | verstehet |
| they | verstehen |
Subjunctive II
| I | verstände / verstünde |
|---|---|
| you | verständest / verstündest |
| he, she, it | verstände / verstünde |
| we | verständen / verstünden |
| you (plural) | verständet / verstündet |
| they | verständen / verstünden |
Imperative
| you | versteh / verstehe |
|---|---|
| you (plural) | versteht |
Other forms
| infinitive | verstehen |
|---|---|
| past participle | verstanden |
| present participle | verstehend |
Used in the library
- Und alle verstehen ihn.And everybody understands him.A1Moin, Servus, Grüezi
- Jetzt verstehe ich gar nichts mehr.Now I don't understand anything any more.A1Der Dieb im Zug — The thief on the train (A1)
- Ich spreche langsam, damit du mich verstehst.I speak slowly so that you understand me.A1Denken und Fühlen — Thinking and feeling (A1)
- Ben und Frau Winter verstehen sich wirklich gut.Ben and Mrs Winter really get on well.A1Der Umzug — Moving house (A1)
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)