
verstehen is one of the A1 words in the free course — with this picture, the audio, and spaced repetition.
verstehen
to understand
/fɛɐ̯ˈʃteːən/Conjugation
Principal parts
verstehen, verstand, hat verstanden
Practice "verstehen"
Examples — verstehen in a sentence
Ich verstehe das nicht.
I don't understand that.
Verstehst du, was ich meine?
Do you understand what I mean?
How to remember it
"Verstehen" — stand under the meaning to understand.
Word family
stehen family · 11 related words
- aufstehen to get up
- anstehen queue / be pending Shifted meaning
- bestehen exist / pass / consist Shifted meaning
- entstehen arise Not predictable
- feststehen Coming soon to be certain Shifted meaning
- verstehen to understand Not predictable
- zustehen Coming soon to be entitled to Not predictable
- bevorstehen Coming soon to be imminent Shifted meaning