Modern English → Old English
Old English word for understand
5 headwords match “understand”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The five strongest follow; understandan ranks first.
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understand — to understand
- appears in the definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative understande first-person singular past indicative understōd second-person singular present indicative understenst, understentst second-person singular past indicative understōde third-person singular present indicative understent third-person singular past indicative understōd -
understand — to understand, comprehend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative āġiete first-person singular past indicative āġeat second-person singular present indicative āġietst second-person singular past indicative āġēate third-person singular present indicative āġiett, āġiet third-person singular past indicative āġeat -
understand — to know, understand, be familiar with, have knowledge of
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġewīte first-person singular past indicative ġewāt second-person singular present indicative ġewītst second-person singular past indicative ġewite third-person singular present indicative ġewītt, ġewīt third-person singular past indicative ġewāt -
understand — to know, perceive, understand, acknowledge, recognize; beknow
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative ġecnāwe first-person singular past indicative ġecnēow second-person singular present indicative ġecnǣwst second-person singular past indicative ġecnēowe third-person singular present indicative ġecnǣwþ third-person singular past indicative ġecnēow -
understand — to understand, recognize, comprehend
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
- verb: derivation noise is possible
Paradigm summary first-person singular present indicative onġiete first-person singular past indicative onġeat second-person singular present indicative onġietst second-person singular past indicative onġēate third-person singular present indicative onġiett, onġiet third-person singular past indicative onġeat
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “understand” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “understand”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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