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Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish forstande, Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Equivalent to for- + stå. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.
Pronunciation
Verb
forstå (imperative forstå, infinitive at forstå, present tense forstår, past tense forstod, perfect tense har forstået)
- to understand
Conjugation
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.
Pronunciation
Verb
forstå (imperative forstå, present tense forstår, simple past forsto or forstod, past participle forstått)
- to understand
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Related terms
References
- “forstå” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “forstå” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse forstanda, borrowed from Middle Low German forstanda, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Danish forstå, Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Swedish förstå.
Pronunciation
Verb
forstå (present tense forstår, past tense forstod, past participle forstått, passive infinitive forståast, present participle forståande, imperative forstå)
- to understand
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Descendants
References
Russenorsk
Etymology
From Norwegian Nynorsk forstå.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɔˈʂʈoː/ (Norwegian accent)
- IPA(key): /fɐʂˈto/ (Russian accent)
Verb
forstå
- 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