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Otti zeigt viel Verständnis und hört Frida lange zu. Otti shows a lot of understanding and listens to Frida for a long time.

noun · B1

das Verständnis

[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtɛntnɪs]

understanding, sympathy

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Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? das Verständnis
Accusative wen? was? das Verständnis
Dative wem? dem Verständnis
Genitive wessen? des Verständnisses

How the Word Is Built

Ver prefix ständ root nis suffix

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-nis
a noun from a verb or an adjective: das Ergebnis (result).

Word family

In Otti's situations: Frida and Emil fall out

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