høre

See also: hore, hóre, and höre

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish høræ, from Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, cognate with Swedish höra, English hear, German hören. The verb goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti, which is also the source of Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhøːʁə/, [ˈhøːɐ], [ˈhøːɒ̽]

Verb

høre (past tense hørte, past participle hørt)

to hear (to perceive with the ears)
to learn (to be told)
to belong to (to be a natural part of something, with the preposition til)
to belong under, come under (to be under the jurisdiction of somebody, with the preposition under)

Conjugation

Inflection of høre

	present	past
simple	hører	hørte
perfect	har hørt	havde hørt
passive	høres	hørtes
participle	hørende	hørt
imperative	hør	—
infinitive	høre	—
auxiliary verb	have	—
gerund	høren	—

Derived terms

References

“høre” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish høre, from Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

Verb

høre (imperative hør, present tense hører, passive høres, simple past hørte, past participle hørt, present participle hørende)

to hear
høre på radio - listen to the radio

høre til - belong to (see also tilhøre)

Derived terms

References

“høre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

høre (present tense hører, past tense hørde or hørte, past participle hørt, present participle hørande, imperative hør)

(pre-2012) alternative form of høyra