Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to forstand
Participle: forstood
Gerund: forstanding
Indicative
Present
| I | forstand |
| you | forstand |
| he;she;it | forstands |
| we | forstand |
| you | forstand |
| they | forstand |
Perfect
| I | have forstood |
| you | have forstood |
| he;she;it | has forstood |
| we | have forstood |
| you | have forstood |
| they | have forstood |
Past
| I | forstood |
| you | forstood |
| he;she;it | forstood |
| we | forstood |
| you | forstood |
| they | forstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had forstood |
| you | had forstood |
| he;she;it | had forstood |
| we | had forstood |
| you | had forstood |
| they | had forstood |
Future
| I | will forstand |
| you | will forstand |
| he;she;it | will forstand |
| we | will forstand |
| you | will forstand |
| they | will forstand |
Future Perfect
| I | will have forstood |
| you | will have forstood |
| he;she;it | will have forstood |
| we | will have forstood |
| you | will have forstood |
| they | will have forstood |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | forstand |
| you | forstand |
| he;she;it | forstand |
| we | forstand |
| you | forstand |
| they | forstand |
Perfect
| I | have forstood |
| you | have forstood |
| he;she;it | have forstood |
| we | have forstood |
| you | have forstood |
| they | have forstood |
Imperfect
| I | forstood |
| you | forstood |
| he;she;it | forstood |
| we | forstood |
| you | forstood |
| they | forstood |
Pluperfect
| I | had forstood |
| you | had forstood |
| he;she;it | had forstood |
| we | had forstood |
| you | had forstood |
| they | had forstood |
Conditional
Present
| I | would forstand |
| you | would forstand |
| he;she;it | would forstand |
| we | would forstand |
| you | would forstand |
| they | would forstand |
Perfect
| I | would have forstood |
| you | would have forstood |
| he;she;it | would have forstood |
| we | would have forstood |
| you | would have forstood |
| they | would have forstood |
Imperative
| you | forstand |
| we | Let's forstand |
| you | forstand |
Verbs conjugated like 'forstand'
misunderstand,
outstand,
stand,
understand,
withstand,
astand,
atstand,
bestand,
forestand,
forstand,
offstand,
reunderstand,
unnerstand,
Verbs similar to 'forstand'
forestand,
forehand,
forscald,
forspan,
forspend,
forsta,
forstaa,
forstall,
forstaw,
astand,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English forstanden, from Old English forstandan (“to defend, help, protect, withstand, prevent, hinder, resist, oppose, benefit, avail, understand, signify, be equal to”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand, oppose”), equivalent to for- + stand. Cognate with West Frisian ferstean (“to understand”), Saterland Frisian ferstounde (“to understand”), Dutch verstaan (“to understand”), German verstehen (“to understand”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål forstå (“to comprehend, understand”), Swedish förstå (“to comprehend, understand”). See: Old English '
forstandan', Frisian, Saterlandic 'ferstounde', Dutch '
verstaan', German, old spelling '
verstehen', Norwegian '
forstå', Swedish '
förstå'.
Verbs referencing "forstand"
German, old spelling
verstehen, Dutch
verstaan.
Sample Sentences
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And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […] [1576, George Whetstone, “The Ortchard of Repentance: […]”, in The Rocke of Regard, […], London: […] [H. Middleton] for Robert Waley, →OCLC; republished in J[ohn] P[ayne] Collier, editor, The Rocke of Regard, […] (Illustrations of Early English Poetry; vol. 2, no. 2), London: Privately printed, [1867?], →OCLC, page 291:]
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"As he would more of them had not wise God, Wierd forstood him, and the man's courage." [1849, John Mitchell Kemble, The Saxons in England:]
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Hemophilia is a contraindication for vaginal hysterectomy, unless you have the time to build your patient up in order to forestand the shock. [1895, The Medical News:]
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A mighty angel there forstood them. [1963, Fredericus Theodorus Visser, An historical syntax of the English language: Volume 1, Part 3:]
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How can I forstand your Professors, when they dinna forstand themselves. [1878, Samuel Smiles, Robert Dick: baker, of Thurso, geologist and botanist:]