förstå

See also: forsta, första, and forstå

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/
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  • Rhymes: -oː

Verb

förstå

  1. to understand syn.

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