Translation

1. to understand; to hear and interpret (speech) intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive

   Ich verstehe dich nicht bei dem Lärm.

   I can't understand you with this noise.

2. to understand; to comprehend, to make sense of intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive

   Ich verstehe nicht, was du meinst.

   I don't understand what you mean.

3. to understand; to tale, to interpret, to gather (to impute what is not explicitly stated) intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive

   Ich verstehe das so, dass Sie unzufrieden sind.

   What I gather from this is that you are dissatisfied.

4. to understand; to understand, to consider, to take intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive

   etwas als Beleidigung verstehen

   to consider something an insult

   etwas als seine Aufgabe verstehen

   to consider something as being one's job

5. to understand; to know, to have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) intransitive, irregular, strong, transitive

   Er versteht viel von Autos.

   He knows a lot about cars.

   Davon verstehe ich nichts.

   That's beyond me. / I don't know anything about that topic.

6. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to see oneself, to think of oneself irregular, reflexive, strong

   Wir verstehen uns als Dienstleister.

   We see ourselves as a service provider.

7. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to understand one another, be able to communicate irregular, reflexive, strong

   Ich hoffe, wir verstehen uns.

   I hope we understand each other.

8. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to get along irregular, reflexive, strong

   Die beiden verstehen sich gut.

   The two get along well.

   Wie verstehst du dich mit deinem Chef?

   How do you get along with your boss?

9. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to be an expert irregular, reflexive, strong

   Sie versteht sich auf gut getarnte Beleidigungen.

   She is an expert at making well disguised insults.

10. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way) irregular, reflexive, strong

    Die angegebenen Preise verstehen sich ohne Mehrwertsteuer.

    The indicated prices do not include VAT.

11. to understand oneself, to understand each other, to be understood; to go without saying, to be obvious impersonal, irregular, reflexive, strong

    Es versteht sich, dass ...

    It goes without saying that ...

    Das versteht sich von selbst.

    That goes without saying.

Conjugation

Indicative

Subjunctive i

Subjunctive ii

Imperative

Translation

1. gerund of verstehen form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong

Declension