begribe

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Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

IPA^(key): [b̥eˈɡ̊ʁiˀb̥ə]

Verb[edit]

begribe

to understand, to grasp, to fathom

Conjugation[edit]

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[edit]

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