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Otti zeigt auf die Äpfel und macht sich so am Marktstand verständlich. Otti points at the apples and makes himself understood at the market stall.

adjective · B2

verständlich

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntlɪç]

understandable, clear

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Synonyms
nachvollziehbar

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Grammar

Comparative
verständlicher Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am verständlichsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

ver prefix ständ root lich suffix

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-lich
makes an adjective: der Freund → freundlich (friendly).

Word family

In Otti's situations: Otti and the dialects

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