förstå
Swedish
/fœrˈstoː/
verb-irr
Definitions
- to understand
Etymology
Derived from Old Swedish forstanda derived from Middle Low German vorstān derived from Old Saxon farstandan (understand) derived from Proto-Germanic *farstandaną prefix from Swedish stå.
Origin
Swedish
stå
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forsta English
- forstand English
- stand English
- verstehen English
- missverstehen German
- stehen German
- verstehen German
- verständlich German
- misverstaan Dutch, Flemish
- staan Dutch, Flemish
- verstaan Dutch, Flemish
- verstaanbaar Dutch, Flemish
- verstaander Dutch, Flemish
- forstå Norwegian Bokmål
- forståelig Norwegian Bokmål
- forståelse Norwegian Bokmål
- misforstå Norwegian Bokmål
- *farstandaną Proto-Germanic
- *frastandaną Proto-Germanic
- avstå Swedish
- bestå Swedish
- bistå Swedish
- framstå Swedish
- förestå Swedish
- förståelse Swedish
- kvarstå Swedish
- missförstå Swedish
- ordförståelse Swedish
- påstå Swedish
- stå Swedish
- uppstå Swedish
- utstå Swedish
- överstå Swedish
- forstanden Middle English
- forestaa Danish
- forstå Danish
- forståelig Danish
- misforstå Danish
- stå Danish
- verstaen Middle Dutch
- verstaan Afrikaans
- verstān Middle High German
- vorstan Middle Low German
- vorstân Middle Low German
- vorstān Middle Low German
- farstandan Old Saxon
- standan Old Saxon
- forstanda Old Swedish
- sta, stā Old Swedish
- forstå Norwegian