English-Dutch translations for fathom

• begrijpen
  Het legalistischdenken van de Raad is nogal moeilijk te begrijpen, maar zoals Helmut Kohl altijd zei:het allerbelangrijkste is het resultaat. The legalistic thinking of the Council is rather hard to fathom, but as Helmut Kohl always said, the most important thing is the outcome.
• bevroeden
• gronden
• loden
• snappen
• vadem

Definition of fathom

• Grasp, envelopment, control
• Various similar units in other systems
• Depth of insight, mental reach or scope
• To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace
• To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend; understand (a problem etc

Examples

• I cant for the life of me fathom what this means

Related words

• unfathomable
• fathomless
• fathomable
• unfathomably
• fathometer
• unfathomability
• fathom out