FromDutchverstaan, fromMiddle Dutchverstaen, fromOld Dutchfarstān, fromProto-Germanic*fura +*stāną.
verstaan (presentverstaan,present participleverstanendeorverstaande,past participleverstaan)
FromMiddle Dutchverstaen, fromOld Dutchfarstān, fromProto-Germanic*fura +*stāną, compareProto-West Germanic*frastandan(“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate withGermanverstehen;Englishforstand,Swedishförstå. Equivalent tover- +staan.
verstaan
Conjugation ofverstaan (strong class 6, irregular, prefixed) | ||||
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infinitive | verstaan | |||
past singular | verstond | |||
past participle | verstaan | |||
infinitive | verstaan | |||
gerund | verstaann | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | versta | verstond | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | verstaat,versta2 | verstond | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | verstaat | verstond | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | verstaat | verstondt | ||
3rd person singular | verstaat | verstond | ||
plural | verstaan | verstonden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | versta | verstonde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | verstaan | verstonden | ||
imperative sing. | versta | |||
imperative plur.1 | verstaat | |||
participles | verstaand | verstaan | ||
1)Archaic.2) In case ofinversion. |
verstaan
Declension ofverstaan | ||||
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uninflected | verstaan | |||
inflected | verstane | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | verstaan | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | verstane | ||
n. sing. | verstaan | |||
plural | verstane | |||
definite | verstane | |||
partitive | verstaans |
verstaan