hark

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• heark (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hȳran, whence English hear). Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to -> horen”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: härk, IPA^(key): /hɑː(ɹ)k/
• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)k

VerbEdit

hark (third-person singular simple present harks, present participle harking, simple past and past participle harked)

1. To listen attentively; often used in the imperative.
   • 1739, “Hymn for Christmas-Day”, Hymns and Sacred Poems, Charles Wesley and George Whitefield:

     Hark! the herald angels sing

     “Glory to the new born King,

   • 1906: O. Henry, The Four Million [1]

     Loud voices and a renewed uproar were raised in front of the boarding-house..."'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said Mrs. McCaskey, harking.

   • 1959: Tom Lehrer, A Christmas Carol

     "Hark! The Herald Tribune sings, / Advertising wondrous things!"

Derived termsEdit

• ark at ee (dialectal)
• hark back

Related termsEdit

• harken/hearken
• hear

TranslationsEdit

To listen attentively

• Bulgarian: слушам (bg) (slušam)
• Dutch: aanhoren (nl), luisteren (nl)
• Finnish: kuunnella tarkkaavaisesti
• Norwegian: lyda

• Old English: hwæt
• Russian: слу́шать (ru) (slúšatʹ), внима́ть (ru) (vnimátʹ)
• Swedish: Lyssna noggrant

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AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin arcus.

NounEdit

hark m

1. bow
2. arch

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɑrk

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Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

hark m (plural harken, diminutive harkje n)

1. rake (garden tool)

Derived termsEdit

• harken

Etymology 2Edit

See etymology on the main entry.

VerbEdit

hark

1. first-person singular present indicative of harken
2. imperative of harken

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IcelandicEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /har̥k/
• Rhymes: -ar̥k

NounEdit

hark n (genitive singular harks, no plural)

1. noise, tumult, commotion, din

DeclensionEdit

declension of hark

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	hark	harkið
accusative	hark	harkið
dative	harki	harkinu
genitive	harks	harksins

SynonymsEdit

• (noise, commotion): hávaði, háreysti, skark, skarkali

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WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse harka, harðka (“strength of body and mind”), from harðr (“hard”) ( > Westrobothnian hahl) + -ka.

NounEdit

hark f (definite harka)

1. excellence

   hä var harka dell kar

   that's an excellent man

Related termsEdit

• hörk