kapieren.
to understand intellectually; to get; to grasp
Meaning & usage
to understand intellectually; to get; to grasp
Dieser Idiot kapiert rein gar nichts.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Archaic Latin kapiō Latin caperebor. ▲ Italian capireinflu. German kapieren Borrowed from Latin capere (“to seize, catch; to understand”), possibly with influence from Italian capire (“to understand”). First used in 17th-century grammar-school slang. Doublet of heben and hieven; cognate with English capture.
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