"Verstand" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant/ Audio: De-Verstand.ogg , De-at-Verstand.ogg [Austria]
Rhymes: -ant Etymology: From Middle High German verstant, verstont, ferstant, from Old High German firstant (“intellect, wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastand, from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand”), equivalent to ver- + Stand. Cognate with Middle Low German vörstant (whence German Low German Verstand), Dutch verstand. Related to verstehen. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|verstant}} Middle High German verstant, {{m|gmh|verstont}} verstont, {{m|gmh|ferstant}} ferstant, {{inh|de|goh|firstant|t=intellect, wisdom}} Old High German firstant (“intellect, wisdom”), {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*frastand}} Proto-West Germanic *frastand, {{der|de|gmw-pro|*frastandan|t=to understand}} Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand”), {{af|de|ver-|Stand}} ver- + Stand, {{cog|gml|vörstant}} Middle Low German vörstant, {{cog|nds-de|Verstand}} German Low German Verstand, {{cog|nl|verstand}} Dutch verstand, {{m|de|verstehen}} verstehen Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,e:^e}} Verstand m (strong, genitive Verstandes or Verstands, plural Verstande or Verstände) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,e:^e}} Forms: Verstandes [genitive], Verstands [genitive], Verstande [plural], Verstände [plural], strong [table-tags], Verstand [nominative, singular], Verstande [definite, nominative, plural], Verstände [definite, nominative, plural], Verstandes [genitive, singular], Verstands [genitive, singular], Verstande [definite, genitive, plural], Verstände [definite, genitive, plural], Verstand [dative, singular], Verstande [dative, singular], Verstanden [dative, definite, plural], Verständen [dative, definite, plural], Verstand [accusative, singular], Verstande [accusative, definite, plural], Verstände [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. intellect Tags: masculine, strong, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-Verstand-de-noun-cYs7pNKI
  2. (obsolete) accord, consensus Tags: masculine, obsolete, strong, uncountable, usually Synonyms: Einverständnis, Übereinkommen, Einigung, Einigsein
    Sense id: en-Verstand-de-noun-lCly3le4 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with ver- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 6 55 39 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with ver-: 9 64 26
  3. (chiefly archaic) sense, particular understanding or concept thought agreed upon Tags: archaic, masculine, strong, uncountable, usually Synonyms: Sinn, Begriff
    Sense id: en-Verstand-de-noun-F7UuT2Jk Categories (other): German terms with collocations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gesunder Menschenverstand, Hausverstand, Sinn und Verstand, Unverstand, Verstandesbegriff Related terms: Intellekt, Vernunft, Ratio, Denkvermögen, Grips, Urteilsvermögen

Inflected forms

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          "text": "in diesem Verstande"
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          "text": "in diesem Verstande"
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        "sense, particular understanding or concept thought agreed upon"
      ],
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          "sense",
          "sense"
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        [
          "understanding",
          "understanding"
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        "(chiefly archaic) sense, particular understanding or concept thought agreed upon"
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        }
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/De-Verstand.ogg/De-Verstand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/De-Verstand.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-at-Verstand.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/76/De-at-Verstand.ogg/De-at-Verstand.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/De-at-Verstand.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Austria"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Austria)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "de:Verstand"
  ],
  "word": "Verstand"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable German dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (93a6c53 and 21a9316). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.