forstanda

Faroese

Etymology

Derived from Danish forstande, from Old Norse forstanda, after Middle Low German vorstan, from Old Saxon farstandan. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål forstå, Norwegian Nynorsk forstå, Swedish förstå.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔˈʃtanta/

Verb

forstanda (third person singular past indicative forstóð, third person plural past indicative forstóðu, supine forstaðið)

  1. understand
    Synonym: skilja, fata

Conjugation

Conjugation of forstanda (group v-65)
infinitive forstanda
supine forstaðið
present past
first singular forstandi forstóð
second singular forstendur forstóðst
third singular forstendur forstóð
plural forstanda forstóðu
participle forstandandi —
imperative
singular forstatt!
plural forstandið!

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