begrijpen
Dutch (Brabantic)
/bəˈɣrɛi̯pə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to understand (concepts, ideas), to comprehend
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch begripen inherited from Old Dutch bigrīpan inherited from *bigrīpan prefix from Dutch, Flemish grijpen (grab, grip).
Origin
Dutch (Brabantic)
grijpen
Gloss
grab, grip
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- aangrijpen Dutch, Flemish
- begrijpelijk Dutch, Flemish
- grijpen Dutch, Flemish
- grijpgraag Dutch, Flemish
- grijpstaart Dutch, Flemish
- grijpstuiver Dutch, Flemish
- ingrijpen Dutch, Flemish
- lijk Dutch, Flemish
- misgrijpen Dutch, Flemish
- onbegrijpelijk Dutch, Flemish
- staatsgrijper Dutch, Flemish
- teruggrijpen Dutch, Flemish
- vergrijpen Dutch, Flemish
- begripan Old English
- begrīpan Old English
- begripelijc Middle Dutch
- begripen Middle Dutch
- gripen Middle Dutch
- bigrīfan Old High German
- begrīfen Middle High German
- begräifen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- gräifen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *bigrīpan gmw-pro
- bigrīpan Old Dutch
- begrīpen Middle Low German
- bigrīpan Old Saxon
- bigrīpa Old Frisian