verstaen
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to be responsible for
- to understand
- to hear what is being said
- to listen, to pay attention
- to notice
Etymology
Affix from Middle Dutch stâen.
Origin
Middle Dutch
stâen
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forsta English
- misverstaan Dutch, Flemish
- staan Dutch, Flemish
- verstaan Dutch, Flemish
- verstaanbaar Dutch, Flemish
- verstaander Dutch, Flemish
- *fura Proto-Germanic
- stâen Middle Dutch
- verstaan Afrikaans
- farstān Old Dutch
- stān Old Dutch
- forstå Norwegian