høre

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hore"

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

Conjugation of høre

	active	passive
present	hører	høres
past	hørte	hørtes
infinitive	høre	høres
imperative	hør	—

	participle
present	hørende
past	hørt (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