"verstaan" meaning in All languages combined

See verstaan on Wiktionary

Verb [Afrikaans]

IPA: /fərˈstɑːn/ Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-verstaan.wav Forms: verstaan [present], verstanende [participle, present], verstaande [participle, present], verstaan [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch verstaan, from Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|verstaan}} Dutch verstaan, {{inh|af|dum|verstaen}} Middle Dutch verstaen, {{inh|af|odt|farstān}} Old Dutch farstān, {{der|af|gem-pro|*fura}} Proto-Germanic *fura Head templates: {{af-verb|verstanende </b>or<b> verstaande|verstaan}} verstaan (present verstaan, present participle verstanende or verstaande, past participle verstaan)
  1. to understand
    to hear correctly
    Sense id: en-verstaan-af-verb-iT0IBQev Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to understand
    to comprehend
    Synonyms: begryp
    Sense id: en-verstaan-af-verb-jPGpf4H5 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /vɛrˈstaːn/, /vərˈstaːn/ Audio: Nl-verstaan.ogg
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- + staan. Etymology templates: {{etymon|nl|inh|conf|dum>verstaen>to understand|id=to understand}}, {{inh|nl|dum|verstaen}} Middle Dutch verstaen, {{inh|nl|odt|farstān}} Old Dutch farstān, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*fura}} Proto-Germanic *fura, {{cog|gmw-pro|*frastandan||to oppose; to understand}} Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”), {{cog|de|verstehen}} German verstehen, {{cog|en|forstand}} English forstand, {{cog|sv|förstå}} Swedish förstå, {{prefix|nl|ver|staan}} ver- + staan Head templates: {{nl-verb}} verstaan Inflection templates: {{nl-conj-st|sta|stond|staan|sta|class=6|pref=ver}} Forms: irregular strong [table-tags], verstaan [infinitive], verstaan [gerund, neuter], versta [first-person, present, singular], verstond [first-person, past, singular], verstaat [present, second-person, singular], versta [present, second-person, singular], verstond [past, second-person, singular], verstaat [formal, present, second-person, singular], verstond [formal, past, second-person, singular], verstaat [Flanders, colloquial, present, second-person, singular], verstaat [archaic, formal, majestic, present, second-person, singular], verstondt [Flanders, colloquial, past, second-person, singular], verstondt [archaic, formal, majestic, past, second-person, singular], verstaat [present, singular, third-person], verstond [past, singular, third-person], verstaan [plural, present], verstonden [past, plural], versta [archaic, present, singular, subjunctive], verstonde [archaic, past, singular, subjunctive], verstaan [archaic, plural, present, subjunctive], verstonden [archaic, past, plural, subjunctive], versta [imperative, present, singular], verstaat [archaic, imperative, plural, present], verstaand [participle, present], verstaan [participle, past]
  1. to understand (language, words), to hear clearly
    Sense id: en-verstaan-nl-verb-jOpKQmpC Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch prefixed verbs with ver-, Dutch terms prefixed with ver- Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 23 23 33 12 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 23 23 33 12 10 Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 86 9 5 Disambiguation of Dutch prefixed verbs with ver-: 55 24 20 Disambiguation of Dutch terms prefixed with ver-: 65 20 15
  2. (chiefly Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend Tags: Belgium
    Sense id: en-verstaan-nl-verb-Yurl3YNb Categories (other): Belgian Dutch
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: begrijpen, snappen Derived forms: verstaander, verstand

Verb [Dutch]

IPA: /vɛrˈstaːn/, /vərˈstaːn/ Audio: Nl-verstaan.ogg Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], verstaan [adverbial, predicative], verstane [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], verstaan [indefinite, neuter, singular], verstane [indefinite, plural], verstane [definite], verstaans [partitive]
Rhymes: -aːn Etymology: From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- + staan. Etymology templates: {{etymon|nl|inh|conf|dum>verstaen>to understand|id=to understand}}, {{inh|nl|dum|verstaen}} Middle Dutch verstaen, {{inh|nl|odt|farstān}} Old Dutch farstān, {{der|nl|gem-pro|*fura}} Proto-Germanic *fura, {{cog|gmw-pro|*frastandan||to oppose; to understand}} Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”), {{cog|de|verstehen}} German verstehen, {{cog|en|forstand}} English forstand, {{cog|sv|förstå}} Swedish förstå, {{prefix|nl|ver|staan}} ver- + staan Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-past-ptc|verstane}}
  1. past participle of verstaan Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: verstaan
    Sense id: en-verstaan-nl-verb-yGfDpN7D Categories (other): Forms linking to themselves

Noun [Finnish]

Head templates: {{head|fi|noun form}} verstaan
  1. genitive singular of verstas Tags: form-of, genitive, singular Form of: verstas
    Sense id: en-verstaan-fi-noun-ZhsVzDS6 Categories (other): Finnish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "2": "nl",
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      },
      "expansion": "Dutch verstaan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "verstaen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch verstaen",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "odt",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fura"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fura",
      "name": "der"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstanende",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaande",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "af-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "to understand",
        "to hear correctly"
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        {
          "word": "begryp"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/fərˈstɑːn/"
    },
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    }
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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "misverstaan"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verstaander"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "verstand"
    }
  ],
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        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "brc",
            "2": "frustan",
            "3": "furstan"
          },
          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: frustan, furstan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Berbice Creole Dutch: frustan, furstan"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "gmw-jdt",
            "2": "verstâne"
          },
          "expansion": "Jersey Dutch: verstâne",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Jersey Dutch: verstâne"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dcr",
            "2": "verstaan",
            "3": "fostó",
            "4": "fóstán",
            "5": "verstaen"
          },
          "expansion": "Negerhollands: verstaan, fostó, fóstán, verstaen",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "skw",
            "2": "forstan",
            "3": "forestan"
          },
          "expansion": "Skepi Creole Dutch: forstan, forestan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: forstan, forestan"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "srn",
            "2": "ferstan",
            "3": "frustan",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Sranan Tongo: ferstan, frustan",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Sranan Tongo: ferstan, frustan (see there for further descendants)"
    }
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        "4": "dum>verstaen>to understand",
        "id": "to understand"
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      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verstehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German verstehen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forstand"
      },
      "expansion": "English forstand",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ver",
        "3": "staan"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "irregular strong",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "6",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstondt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "Flanders",
        "colloquial",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstondt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "formal",
        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstonden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstonden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaand",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "verstaan",
      "name": "nl-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ver‧staan"
  ],
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  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
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      ],
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        "to understand (language, words), to hear clearly"
      ],
      "id": "en-verstaan-nl-verb-jOpKQmpC",
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          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "hear",
          "hear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend"
      ],
      "id": "en-verstaan-nl-verb-Yurl3YNb",
      "links": [
        [
          "understand",
          "understand"
        ],
        [
          "comprehend",
          "comprehend"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Belgium"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛrˈstaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vərˈstaːn/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "begrijpen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "snappen"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verstaan"
}

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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fura"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fura",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*frastandan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to oppose; to understand"
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      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verstehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German verstehen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forstand"
      },
      "expansion": "English forstand",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ver",
        "3": "staan"
      },
      "expansion": "ver- + staan",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      "form": "nl-decl-past-ptc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "verstaans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
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      "args": {
        "1": "verstane"
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      "name": "nl-decl-past-ptc"
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  "lang_code": "nl",
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          "name": "Forms linking to themselves",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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        {
          "word": "verstaan"
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        "past participle of verstaan"
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      "links": [
        [
          "verstaan",
          "verstaan#Dutch"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɛrˈstaːn/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/vərˈstaːn/"
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      "audio": "Nl-verstaan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/Nl-verstaan.ogg/Nl-verstaan.ogg.mp3",
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
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}

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      "expansion": "verstaan",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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  "word": "verstaan"
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    "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
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        "3": "verstaan"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "odt",
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        "3": "*fura"
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  "etymology_text": "From Dutch verstaan, from Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną.",
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    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "verstanende",
      "tags": [
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        "present"
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      "form": "verstaande",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      "form": "verstaan",
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      "ipa": "/fərˈstɑːn/"
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    "Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "3": "furstan"
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          "expansion": "Berbice Creole Dutch: frustan, furstan",
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          "name": "desc"
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            "3": "forestan"
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          "name": "desc"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "name": "desc"
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        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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      "name": "etymon"
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    {
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        "4": "to oppose; to understand"
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      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "German verstehen",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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      "expansion": "English forstand",
      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
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      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ver",
        "3": "staan"
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      "expansion": "ver- + staan",
      "name": "prefix"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "nl-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "6",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "neuter"
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    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
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      "tags": [
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstond",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "past",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "verstaat",
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "verstondt",
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      "tags": [
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        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "majestic",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
      "form": "verstond",
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      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
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      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstonden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstonde",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "archaic",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "versta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaat",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaand",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "conjugation",
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          "hear"
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        "(chiefly Belgium) to understand (an idea, meaning), to comprehend"
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/vɛrˈstaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vərˈstaːn/"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aːn"
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    {
      "word": "begrijpen"
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    {
      "word": "snappen"
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  ],
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}

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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "odt",
        "3": "farstān"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch farstān",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*fura"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fura",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-pro",
        "2": "*frastandan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to oppose; to understand"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verstehen"
      },
      "expansion": "German verstehen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "forstand"
      },
      "expansion": "English forstand",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "ver",
        "3": "staan"
      },
      "expansion": "ver- + staan",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Dutch verstaen, from Old Dutch farstān, from Proto-Germanic *fura + *stāną, compare Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to oppose; to understand”). Cognate with German verstehen; English forstand, Swedish förstå. Equivalent to ver- + staan.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-past-ptc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaan",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstane",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "verstaans",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ver‧staan"
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "verstane"
      },
      "name": "nl-decl-past-ptc"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Dutch",
  "lang_code": "nl",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Dutch past participles",
        "Forms linking to themselves"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "verstaan"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "past participle of verstaan"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verstaan",
          "verstaan#Dutch"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɛrˈstaːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vərˈstaːn/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Nl-verstaan.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b3/Nl-verstaan.ogg/Nl-verstaan.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b3/Nl-verstaan.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aːn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verstaan"
}

{
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "noun form"
      },
      "expansion": "verstaan",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Finnish",
  "lang_code": "fi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Finnish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Finnish non-lemma forms",
        "Finnish noun forms",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "verstas"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "genitive singular of verstas"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "verstas",
          "verstas#Finnish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "verstaan"
}

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