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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: who understands... #34420 07/02/2001 1:17 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland This is a fascinating thread! On one hand, understanding can also mean "agreement among parties", this would be Verständigung in German. On the other hand German unterstehen now means "to be subordinated to", "to belong to the domain of..". Could it be that there was a root of "consensus" in the word "understand"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted who understands... Alex Williams 07/01/2001 10:43 AM Re: who understands... wwh 07/01/2001 2:40 PM Re: who understands... WhitmanO'Neill 07/01/2001 8:40 PM Re: who understands... AnnaStrophic 07/01/2001 8:48 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 2:46 AM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 12:16 PM Re: who understands... belligerentyouth 07/02/2001 2:00 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 2:10 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 2:34 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 4:47 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 5:11 PM Re: who understands... tsuwm 07/02/2001 5:28 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 5:41 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 6:36 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 6:52 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 6:58 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 7:23 PM Re: who understands... Faldage 07/02/2001 7:25 PM Re: who understands... wwh 07/02/2001 8:21 PM Stand for... Fiberbabe 07/02/2001 5:33 PM Re: who understands... wsieber 07/02/2001 1:17 PM Re: who understands... Jazzoctopus 07/01/2001 10:07 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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