Verstand
German, noun
Verstand is spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D (8 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written German, the 2,653rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstand is a German masculine noun meaning “intellect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, verstand is a different word: “first/third-person singular preterite of verstehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fähigkeit, zu verstehen, zu urteilen und logisch zu denken; die Gesamtheit der geistigen Kräfte”.
What does Verstand mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineintellect
- 2
masculineobsoleteaccord, consensus
- 3
archaicmasculinesense, particular understanding or concept thought agreed upon
in diesem Verstande
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular preterite of verstehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fähigkeit, zu verstehen, zu urteilen und logisch zu denken; die Gesamtheit der geistigen Kräfte 2. Art der Auffassung eines geistigen Inhaltes
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Verstand
- Verstandes genitive
- Verstands genitive
- Verstande plural
- Verstände plural
- Verstanden dative definite plural
- Verständen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Verstand
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Verstand in German?
Verstand appears 31 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).