forstå

See also: forsta, forstaa, första, and förstå

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish forstande, Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Equivalent to for- +‎ stå. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]

Verb

forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense har forstået)

  1. to understand

Conjugation

Conjugation of forstå
active passive
present forstår forstås
past forstod
infinitive forstå forstås
imperative forstå
participle
present forstående
past forstået
(auxiliary verb have)
gerund forståen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

Verb

forstå (imperative forstå, present tense forstår, simple past forsto or forstod, past participle forstått)

  1. to understand

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

Verb

forstå (present tense forstår, past tense forstod, past participle forstått, passive infinitive forståast, present participle forståande, imperative forstå)

  1. to understand

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Russenorsk: forstå

References

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk forstå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔˈʂʈoː/ (Norwegian accent)
  • IPA(key): /fɐʂˈto/ (Russian accent)

Verb

forstå

  1. to understand
    Moja njet forstå
    I don't understand

References

  • Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag