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See also: Horen, hören, and Hören

Danish

Noun

horen c

  1. definite singular of hore

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɦoːrə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ho‧ren
  • Rhymes: -oːrən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch horen, from Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

Verb

horen

  1. (transitive) to hear
    Ik hoor een vogel zingen buiten. ― I hear a bird singing outside.
    Heb je dat geluid gehoord? ― Did you hear that sound?
  2. (intransitive) to belong
    Zij horen bij ons. ― They belong with us.
    Dit boek hoort in die kast. ― This book belongs in that shelf.
    De sleutels horen in het laatje. ― The keys belong in the drawer.
  3. (auxiliary, with te) to be supposed to, to be meant to
    Je hoort je kamer op te ruimen. ― You are supposed to clean up your room.
    Je hoort dat zo te doen. ― You are supposed to do it that way.
    We horen te vertrekken voor zonsopgang. ― We are meant to leave before sunrise.
  4. (intransitive) to be appropriate, polite or agreeing with social norms (lit. to be heard of)
    Dat hoort niet zo, je moet je excuses aanbieden. ― That's not appropriate, you should apologize.
    In sommige culturen hoort het om schoenen uit te doen bij binnenkomst. ― In some cultures, it's the norm to take off shoes when entering.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of horen (weak)
infinitive horen
past singular hoorde
past participle gehoord
infinitive horen
gerund horen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular hoorhoorde
2nd person sing. (jij) hoort, hoor2hoorde
2nd person sing. (u) hoorthoorde
2nd person sing. (gij) hoorthoorde
3rd person singular hoorthoorde
plural horenhoorden
subjunctive sing.1 horehoorde
subjunctive plur.1 horenhoorden
imperative sing. hoor
imperative plur.1 hoort
participles horendgehoord
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hoor
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
  • Jersey Dutch: hôre
  • Negerhollands: hoor
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar

Etymology 2

Noun

horen m (plural horens, diminutive horentje n)

  1. Alternative spelling of hoorn

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

Verb

hôren

  1. to hear (perceive audibly)
  2. to hear, to learn of (audibly or otherwise)
  3. to listen
  4. to listen to, to obey
  5. to belong to
  6. to be subservient to
  7. to be part of
  8. to be necessary for

Inflection

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Weak
Infinitive hôren
3rd sg. past —
3rd pl. past —
Past participle —
Infinitive hôren
In genitive hôrens
In dative hôrene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular hôre —
2nd singular hôors, hôres —
3rd singular hôort, hôret —
1st plural hôren —
2nd plural hôort, hôret —
3rd plural hôren —
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular hôre —
2nd singular hôors, hôres —
3rd singular hôre —
1st plural hôren —
2nd plural hôort, hôret —
3rd plural hôren —
Imperative Present
Singular hôor, hôre
Plural hôort, hôret
Present Past
Participle hôrende —
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Descendants

  • Dutch: horen
    • Afrikaans: hoor
    • Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
    • Jersey Dutch: hôre
    • Negerhollands: hoor
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar
  • Limburgish: huuere, heure

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hārian; equivalent to hor (“hoar”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhɔːrən/, /ˈhɔːriən/

Verb

horen

  1. To develop grey, white, or hoary hair.
  2. (rare) To become old or elderly.
Conjugation
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Conjugation of horen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) horen, hore
present tense past tense
1st-person singular hore hored
2nd-person singular horest horedest
3rd-person singular horeth hored
subjunctive singular hore
imperative singular —
plural1 horen, hore horeden, horede
imperative plural horeth, hore —
participles horynge, horende hored, yhored
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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants
  • English: hoar (obsolete)
References

Etymology 2

From Old English hōran, from Proto-Germanic *hōrōniz; equivalent to hore (“whore”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun

horen

  1. plural of hore (“whore”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

horen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of hore

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, whence also Old English hīeran, Old Norse heyra.

Verb

hōren

  1. to hear
  2. to obey

Conjugation

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infinitive hōren
indicative present past
1st person singular hōru hōrita
2nd person singular hōris, hōrist hōritōs, hōrtōst
3rd person singular hōrit hōrita
1st person plural hōrem, hōremēs hōritum, hōritumēs
2nd person plural hōret hōritut
3rd person plural hōrent hōritun
subjunctive present past
1st person singular hōre hōriti
2nd person singular hōrēs, hōrēst hōritīs, hōritīst
3rd person singular hōre hōriti
1st person plural hōrēm, hōrēn, hōremēs hōritīm, hōritīn, hōritīmēs
2nd person plural hōrēt hōritīt
3rd person plural hōrēn hōritīn
imperative present
singular hōri
plural hōret
participle present past
hōrenti gihōrit
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Conjugation of hōren (weak class 1)

Descendants

Welsh

Noun

horen

  1. h-prothesized form of oren

Mutation

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Mutated forms of oren
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
oren unchanged unchanged horen
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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