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verstaan meaning in English

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verstaan werkwoord

get [got, gotten, getting, gets](colloquial: to understand)
verb
[UK: ˈɡet] [US: ˈɡet]

make sense(decipher, understand)
verb

understand [understood, understood, understanding, understands](to grasp the meaning of)
verb
[UK: ˌʌn.də.ˈstænd] [US: ˌʌn.dər.ˈstænd]

verstaan bijvoeglijk naamwoord

understood(comprehended)
adjective
[UK: ˌʌn.də.ˈstʊd] [US: ˌʌn.dər.ˈstʊd]

verstaanbaar bijvoeglijk naamwoord

intelligible(capable of being understood)
adjective
[UK: ɪn.ˈte.lɪ.dʒəb.l̩] [US: ˌɪn.ˈte.lə.dʒəb.l̩]

misverstaan werkwoord

misconstrue [misconstrued, misconstruing, misconstrues](to interpret erroneously)
verb
[UK: ˌmɪ.skən.ˈstruː] [US: ˌmɪ.skən.ˈstruː]

mishear [misheard, mishearing, mishears](to hear wrongly)
verb
[UK: ˌmɪs.ˈhɪə(r)] [US: ˌmɪs.ˈhiːr]

mistake(to take one thing for another)
verb
[UK: mɪ.ˈsteɪk] [US: ˌmɪ.ˈsteɪk]

misunderstand [misunderstood, misunderstanding, misunderstands](to understand incorrectly, while believing one has understood correctly)
verb
[UK: ˌmɪs.ˌʌn.də.ˈstænd] [US: ˌmɪ.sən.dər.ˈstænd]

onverstaanbaar bijvoeglijk naamwoord

unintelligible(not intelligible)
adjective
[UK: ˌʌ.nɪn.ˈte.lɪ.dʒəb.l̩] [US: ˌʌ.ˌnɪn.ˈte.lə.dʒəb.l̩]

tegenoverstaand bijvoeglijk naamwoord

adjacent(just before, after, or facing)
adjective
[UK: ə.ˈdʒeɪsnt] [US: ə.ˈdʒeɪ.sənt]

verkeerd verstaan werkwoord

mishear [misheard, mishearing, mishears](to hear wrongly)
verb
[UK: ˌmɪs.ˈhɪə(r)] [US: ˌmɪs.ˈhiːr]