See forstanda in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
"expansion": "Danish forstande",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "non",
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},
"expansion": "Old Norse forstanda",
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{
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},
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},
{
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"1": "fo",
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},
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"name": "der"
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"2": "forstå"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål forstå",
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},
{
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"2": "forstå"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "förstå"
},
"expansion": "Swedish förstå",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "Derived from Danish forstande, from Old Norse forstanda, after Middle Low German vorstan, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.",
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{
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"indicative",
"past",
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]
},
{
"form": "forstóðu",
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{
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"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"7": "third person singular past indicative",
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"understand"
],
"id": "en-forstanda-fo-verb--dxonm1Q",
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[
"understand",
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]
],
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{
"word": "skilja"
},
{
"word": "fata"
}
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"ipa": "/fɔˈʃtanta/"
}
],
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}
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{
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"1": "fo",
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},
"expansion": "Old Norse forstanda",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "gml",
"3": "vorstan"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "osx",
"3": "farstandan"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon farstandan",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
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},
"expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål forstå",
"name": "cog"
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{
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"1": "nn",
"2": "forstå"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk forstå",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "förstå"
},
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"plural",
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{
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"5": "",
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"Faroese terms inherited from Old Norse",
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"word": "skilja"
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"word": "fata"
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{
"ipa": "/fɔˈʃtanta/"
}
],
"word": "forstanda"
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