nachvollziehen

B2 Verb frequency rank #3,844

What nachvollziehen means

Verb

to understand, to comprehend (a line of thought, a development, a motivation; with a focus on how something derives from previous steps or conditions)
to retrace (the steps of a history or development)

Forms

nachvollziehen · vollzieht nach · vollzog nach · hat nachvollzogen (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

nachvollziehen in a sentence

Es ist schade, dass er geht, aber ich kann seine Entscheidung nachvollziehen.

It's a shame that he's leaving, but I can understand his decision.

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nachvollziehen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #3,844 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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