Infinitive
| understandan |
| understandenne |
Participles
| Present | understandende |
| Past | understanden |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | understande |
| 2nd sing. | understenst; understentst |
| 3rd sing. | understent |
| 1st plur. | understandaþ |
| 2nd plur. | understandaþ |
| 3rd plur. | understandaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | understōd |
| 2nd sing. | understōde |
| 3rd sing. | understōd |
| 1st plur. | understōdon |
| 2nd plur. | understōdon |
| 3rd plur. | understōdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | understande |
| 2nd sing. | understande |
| 3rd sing. | understande |
| 1st plur. | understanden |
| 2nd plur. | understanden |
| 3rd plur. | understanden |
Past
| 1st sing. | understōde |
| 2nd sing. | understōde |
| 3rd sing. | understōde |
| 1st plur. | understōden |
| 2nd plur. | understōden |
| 3rd plur. | understōden |
Imperative
| Singular | understand |
| Plural | understandaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'understandan'
bestandan,
oferstandan,
forstandan,
forestandan,
ofstandan,
ætstandan,
wiðstandan,
wiþstandan,
oþstandan,
ymbstandan,
understandan,
Verbs similar to 'understandan'
understondan,
oferstandan,
undergangan,
agenstandan,
bestandan,
forestandan,
forstandan,
gestandan,
underginnan,
undersceotan,
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *understandan, from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, stand in the midst, understand”), from *under (“between, among”), *standaną (“to stand”). Akin to Old Frisian understanda, understonda (Saterland Frisian unnerstounde), Old High German untarstantan, Old Norse undirstanda (Middle Danish understande). Equivalent to under- + standan. See: Proto-Germanic '
*understandaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'unnerstounde', Old High German 'untarstantan', Danish '
understande'.
Verbs referencing "understandan"
English
understand, Middle English
understonden.
Sample Sentences
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c. 994, Ælfric, https://books.google.co.id/books?id=iqCU4ZV4pjoC&pg=PA8De Anno (On the Year)] (Now, you might understand that the person who goes around a single house has a smaller circuit than the one who goes around the whole city.)