forstå

See also: forsta, forstaa, första, and förstå

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstān, Proto-Germanic *frastandaną (to understand, oppose), equivalent to for- + stå. Cognates are Swedish förstå and German verstehen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʌˈsd̥ɔˀ]

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to understand

Conjugation

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to understand

Antonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German vorstan, and Late Old Norse fyrirstanda, forstanda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fɔ̞ˈʂʈo̞ː]

Verb

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. to understand

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

References

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

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
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