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Hören

Hören

See also: horen, hoeren, Horen, and hören

German

Noun

Hören n (genitive Hörens, no plural)

  1. hearing

Declension

hören

hören

See also: horen, hoeren, Horen, and Hören

German

Verb

hören (third-person singular simple present hört, past tense hörte, past participle gehört, auxiliary haben)

  1. to hear
  2. to listen to

Usage notes

Hören can be used in a so-called "accusative with infinitive" construction (as in English): Ich hörte ihn rufen. – “I heard him call.” If such a sentence is in the perfect or pluperfect tense, the infinitive usually replaces the past participle: Ich hatte ihn rufen hören. – “I had heard him call.” The use of the past participle instead does occur in some speakers, but is ungrammatical to many others.

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Swedish

Verb

hören

  1. Obsolete plural form of hör, present tense of höra.
  2. Obsolete plural form of hör, imperative of höra.
    Hören, I döve; I blinde, skåden och sen
    Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see (Isaiah 42:18)