förstå
Swedish
Etymology
Through apocope with umlaut from Old Swedish forstanda, from Middle Low German vorstān, from Old Saxon farstandan, from Proto-Germanic *farstandaną, *frastandaną (“to understand, oppose”), from *fra-/*far- + *standaną. Cognate with Danish forstå (older Danish forstande), Norwegian Bokmål forstå, German verstehen, Dutch verstaan and English forstand and forsta. Equivalent to för- + stå.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fœ̞ʂˈtoː/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -oː
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References
- förstå in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.
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