forstand
Danish
[fʌˈsd̥anˀ]
noun
Definitions
- intellect, intelligence, reason the ability to understand things
- mind mental sanity
- meaning, sense way of understanding a thing
Etymology
Affix from Danish stand (standing, position) derived from Middle Low German vorstant.
Origin
Middle Low German
vorstant
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hausverstand German
- Menschenverstand German
- Sachverstand German
- Verstand German
- forstand Norwegian Bokmål
- forstand Norwegian Nynorsk
- afstand Danish
- forstandig Danish
- stand Danish
- vorstant Middle Low German