adjective
understandable, comprehensible
B1
Means understandable or comprehensible. Used to describe something clear or easy to follow. Gradable adjective with comparative verständlicher and superlative am verständlichsten. Antonym: unverständlich. Often used as 'für jemanden verständlich' to say something is clear to someone. Not a participle.
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Kannst du das noch einmal verständlich erklären?
Can you explain that again in a way I can understand?
Die Erklärung ist sehr verständlich geschrieben.
The explanation is written in a very understandable way.
Der Bericht war verständlich, sodass die Kollegen die neuen Regeln sofort befolgten.
The report was understandable, so the colleagues immediately followed the new rules.
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Picture a book with a big green check mark that says 'verständlich' because it's easy to read.
Think 'understandable' — 'verständlich' contains 'verständ' like 'understand'.
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Used to describe something that is easy to understand. Can be used attributively and predicatively.