Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

understandeth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.06 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-standeth
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of understand

Archaic

Example Sentences

"There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God."
"He rejoined, “Thy calling is of no account in our city, where not a soul understandeth science or even writing or aught save money-making.”"

Etymology

From understand + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: understand

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does understandeth mean?: third-person singular simple present indicative of understand
Where does understandeth come from?: From understand + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix.

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