understanden
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English understandan, from Proto-West Germanic *understandan, from Proto-Germanic *understandaną (“to stand between, stand in the midst, understand”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
understanden
- to understand
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of understanden (strong class 6)
infinitive | (to) understanden, understande | ||
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present tense | past tense | ||
1st-person singular | understande | understod | |
2nd-person singular | understandest | understode, understod | |
3rd-person singular | understandeth, understant | understod | |
subjunctive singular | understande | understode1 | |
imperative singular | — | ||
plural2 | understanden, understande | understoden, understode | |
imperative plural | understandeth, understande | — | |
participles | understandynge, understandende | understanden, understande |
1Replaced by the indicative in later Middle English.
2Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants[edit]
- English: understand
- Scots: understand, onderstand
- Yola: understhoane
References[edit]
- “understō̆nden, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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