Verstand

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German verstant, verstont, ferstant, from Old High German firstant (“intellect, wisdom”), from Proto-West Germanic *frastand, from Proto-West Germanic *frastandan (“to understand”), equivalent to ver- +‎ Stand. Cognate with Middle Low German vörstant (whence German Low German Verstand), Dutch verstand. Related to verstehen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈʃtant/ Rhymes: -ant === Noun === Verstand m (strong, genitive Verstandes or Verstands, plural Verstande or Verstände) (usually uncountable) intellect (obsolete) accord, consensus Synonyms: Einverständnis, Übereinkommen, Einigung, Einigsein (chiefly archaic) sense, particular understanding or concept thought agreed upon Synonyms: Sinn, Begriff in diesem Verstande ― in this sense ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gesunder Menschenverstand Hausverstand Sinn und Verstand Unverstand Verstandesbegriff ==== See also ==== Intellekt Vernunft Ratio Denkvermögen Grips Urteilsvermögen === Further reading === “Verstand” in Duden online “Verstand”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Verstand” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.