begribe

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German begrīpen, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- +‎ gribe (“to grasp, gripe, seize”). Cognate to Swedish begripa and German begreifen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [b̥eˈɡ̊ʁiˀb̥ə]

Verb

begribe

1. to understand, to grasp, to fathom

Conjugation

Inflection of begribe

	present	past
simple	begriber	begreb
perfect	har begrebet	havde begrebet
passive	begribes	—
participle	begribende	begrebet
imperative	begrib	—
infinitive	begribe	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	—	—

Synonyms

• fatte
• forstå