How to Say ‘Understand’ in German
Versteh
fer-SHTAYH
[fer-SHTAYH]
💬 Usage Tip: In everyday speech, ich verstehe is often shortened to ich versteh. You'll hear the same drop of the final e in ich komme → ich komm.
Phrase Breakdown
Versteh
[fer-SHTAYH]
understand
To grasp the meaning, significance, or nature of something.
Ich versteh nicht, was du sagst.
I do not understand what you are saying.
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