høre

See also: hore, hóre, and höre

Danish edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

“høre” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology edit

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

Verb edit

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 edit

References edit

“høre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Verb edit

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

(pre-2012) alternative form of høyra