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hearn

See also: Hearn

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hearn

  1. (dialectal) past participle of hear
    • 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes‎[1]:
      I've hearn it said that when a man has eaten a hearty dinner, and goes to sleep with the hot sun pourin' right down on him, he's apt to see and hear a good many strange things before he wakes up.
    • 1905, Charles Felton Pidgin, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks‎[2]:
      "'Tis a trifle early, but I hearn tell that lyin' makes people hungry."
    • 1910, Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Power and the Glory‎[3]:
      Like enough he's hearn of that silver mine, and that's the reason he's after Johnnie."

References edit

  1. ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 8, page 100.

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  • hean (spelling variant)

Etymology edit

From Old High German hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Compare German hören, Yiddish הערן (hern), Dutch horen, English hear, Danish høre.

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hearn (past participle gheart)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)
    I hear nix. ― I can't hear a thing.
  2. (intransitive, with auf + accusative) to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)
    Synonyms: foign, huachn
    Du muasst auf deine Ötern hearn. ― You have to listen to your parents.
  3. (intransitive) to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)
    Des hear i zum erschtn Moi. ― This is the first time I've heard that.
  4. (intransitive) to hear (to be contacted (by))
    Es hearts vo mia. ― You'll hear from me.

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of hearn
infinitive hearn
present tense past tense subjunctive
1st person sing. hear - hearad
2nd person sing. hearst - hearadst
3rd person sing. heart - hearad
1st person plur. hearn - hearadn
2nd person plur. hearts - hearads
3rd person plur. hearn - hearadn
imperative sing. hear
imperative plur. hearts
past participle gheart

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