(transitive or intransitive) to understand; to hear and interpret (speech) / (transitive or intransitive) to understand; to comprehend, make sense of / (transitive or intransitive) to understand; to take, see, gather (impute what is not explicitly stated) / (transitive or intransitive) to understand; to know, have knowledge or understanding of (through experience or study) / (reflexive) to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood; (with als) to see oneself as, to think of oneself as / (reflexive) to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood; to understand one another, be able to communicate / (reflexive) to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood; (with mit) to get along with / (reflexive) to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood; (with auf) to be an expert (at something) / (reflexive) to understand oneself, understand each other, be understood; to be meant, to have to be interpreted (in some way)

gerund of verstehen

(idiomatic) to understand nothing at all

present participle of verstehen

genitive singular of Verstehen