verstaen

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From ver- +‎ stâen.

Verb

verstâen

1. to be responsible for
2. to understand
3. to hear (what is being said)
4. to listen, to pay attention
5. to notice

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: verstaan
• Limburgish: verstaon

Further reading

• “verstaen (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “verstaen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I