"forstå" meaning in Danish

See forstå in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]
Etymology: From Old Norse forstanda, after Middle Low German vorstan, from Old Saxon farstandan. Equivalent to for- + stå. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå. Etymology templates: {{root|da|ine-pro|*steh₂-}}, {{dercat|da|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{inh|da|non|forstanda}} Old Norse forstanda, {{der|da|gml|vorstan}} Middle Low German vorstan, {{der|da|osx|farstandan}} Old Saxon farstandan, {{prefix|da|for|stå}} for- + stå, {{cog|nb|forstå}} Norwegian Bokmål forstå, {{cog|nn|forstå}} Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, {{cog|sv|förstå}} Swedish förstå Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|forstå|infinitive|at forstå|present tense|forstår|past tense|forstod|perfect tense|forstået|f1accel-form=imp|f1request=1|f3accel-form=pres|f3request=1|f4accel-form=past|f4request=1|f5accel-form=past|part|f5request=1|head=}} forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense forstået), {{da-verb|forstå|forstå|forstår|forstod||forstået}} forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense forstået) Forms: forstå [imperative], at forstå [infinitive], forstår [present], forstod [past], forstået [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], forstår [active, present], forstås [passive, present], forstod [active, past], - [passive, past], forstå [active, infinitive], forstås [infinitive, passive], forstå [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], forstående [participle, present], forstået [participle, past], auxiliary verb have [participle, past], forståen [gerund, participle]
  1. to understand Synonyms: begribe, fatte Derived forms: forståelig, forståelse, misforstå, uforstået, uforstående

Inflected forms

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    {
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      },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "form": "forstå",
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        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at forstå",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstod",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstået",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstår",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstås",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstås",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstående",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstået",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forståen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "11": "perfect tense",
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        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "forstå",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at forstå",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "forstår",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1accel-form": "imp",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3accel-form": "pres",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4accel-form": "past",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5accel-form": "past|part",
        "f5request": "1",
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      "expansion": "forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense forstået)",
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      "args": {
        "1": "forstå",
        "2": "forstå",
        "3": "forstår",
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      },
      "expansion": "forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense forstået)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish terms prefixed with for-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        {
          "word": "forståelig"
        },
        {
          "word": "forståelse"
        },
        {
          "word": "misforstå"
        },
        {
          "word": "uforstået"
        },
        {
          "word": "uforstående"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to understand"
      ],
      "id": "en-forstå-da-verb-JdyJGl7k",
      "links": [
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          "understand"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "begribe"
        },
        {
          "word": "fatte"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstå"
}
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    {
      "word": "forståelig"
    },
    {
      "word": "forståelse"
    },
    {
      "word": "misforstå"
    },
    {
      "word": "uforstået"
    },
    {
      "word": "uforstående"
    }
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        "1": "da",
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      "args": {
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        "2": "osx",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "for",
        "3": "stå"
      },
      "expansion": "for- + stå",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "forstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål forstå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "forstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk forstå",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "förstå"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish förstå",
      "name": "cog"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "forstå",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at forstå",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstår",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstod",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstået",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstår",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstås",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstås",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstå",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstående",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forstået",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "auxiliary verb have",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "forståen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at forstå",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "forstår",
        "9": "past tense",
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        "Danish terms derived from Middle Low German",
        "Danish terms derived from Old Norse",
        "Danish terms derived from Old Saxon",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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        {
          "word": "begribe"
        },
        {
          "word": "fatte"
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "forstå"
}

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