Understood German talked hoarsely (7)
I believe the answer is:
grasped
'understood' is the definition.
(grasping is a kind of understanding)
'german talked hoarsely' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'german' could be 'g' (abbreviation) and 'g' is found within the answer.
'talked' could be 'rasped' (rasping is a kind of talking) and 'rasped' is found in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for grasped that I've seen before include "Held firmly or got the meaning" , "Took hold of or got the meaning" , "Understood" , "Got the picture" .)