begreifen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German begrifen, from Old High German bigrīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *bigrīpan. Equivalent to be- +‎ greifen. Compare English begripe, begrip, Low German begriepen and Dutch begrijpen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈɡʁaɪ̯fən/, [-fən], [-fn̩], [-fɱ̩] === Verb === begreifen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present begreift, past tense begriff, past participle begriffen, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to grasp fully; to comprehend; to conceive, to fathom Synonyms: durchdringen, einsehen, erkennen (transitive, rather formal) to understand intellectually (transitive or reflexive, rather formal) to consider (to be); to see (as) Synonyms: verstehen, sehen, ansehen ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (understand): verstehen; kapieren (informal) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Begriff angreifen vergreifen === Further reading === “begreifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “begreifen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “begreifen” in Duden online “begreifen” in OpenThesaurus.de “begreifen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.