verstehen
/fərˈʃteːən/
to understand; to hear and interpret; to comprehend, to make sense of; to take, to interpret, to gather
- er/sie/es
- versteht
- past
- verstand
- past participle
- verstanden
Meanings
- 1
to understand; to hear and interpret — speech
Frauen werde ich nie verstehen.
I'll never be able to understand women.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Eines Tages werden wir verstehen.
One day, we'll understand.
Tatoeba · Grmpy · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
to understand; to comprehend, to make sense of
Verstehen Sie, was er sagt?
Can you make sense of what he says?
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Manche Dinge sind schwer zu verstehen.
Some things are hard to comprehend.
Tatoeba · grbwsk · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 3
to understand; to take, to interpret, to gather — to impute what is not explicitly stated
Ich hoffe, du verstehst das nicht falsch.
I hope you don't take this the wrong way.
Tatoeba · Dani6187 · CC BY 2.0 FR
Wie verstehst du diese Sätze?
How do you interpret these sentences?
Tatoeba · Tamy · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 4
to understand; to understand, to consider, to take
- 5
to understand; to know, to have knowledge or understanding of — through experience or study
Er versteht es, mit Kindern zu sprechen.
He knows how to speak to children.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
Ich weiß nicht, ob ich dich richtig verstanden habe.
I don't know if I really understood you.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 6
to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to see oneself, to think of oneselfrare
- 7
to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to understand one another, be able to communicaterare
- 8
to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to get alongrare
- 9
to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to be an expertrare
- 10
to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to be meant, to have to be interpreted — in some wayrare
Conjugation
| present | past | |
|---|---|---|
| ich | verstehe | verstand |
| du | verstehst | verstandest |
| er/sie/es | versteht | verstand |
| wir | verstehen | verstanden |
| ihr | versteht | verstandet |
| sie/Sie | verstehen | verstanden |