verstanden
German, verb
verstanden is spelled V-E-R-S-T-A-N-D-E-N (10 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written German, the 1,082nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verstanden is a German verb meaning “past participle of verstehen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, verständen is a different word: “first/third-person plural subjunctive II of verstehen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs verstehen”.
What does verstanden mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of verstehen
verb
- 1
first/third-person plural subjunctive II of verstehen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs verstehen 2. 3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs verstehen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to verstanden
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verstanden in German?
verstanden appears 79 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).