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English
Pronunciation
Verb
hearn
- (dialectal) past participle of hear
1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes:I've hearn it said that when a man has eaten a hearty dinner, and goes to sleep with the hot sun pourin' right down on him, he's apt to see and hear a good many strange things before he wakes up.
1905, Charles Felton Pidgin, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks:"'Tis a trifle early, but I hearn tell that lyin' makes people hungry."
1910, Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Power and the Glory:Like enough he's hearn of that silver mine, and that's the reason he's after Johnnie."
References
- ^ Hall, Joseph Sargent (1942 March 2) “3. The Consonants”, in The Phonetics of Great Smoky Mountain Speech (American Speech: Reprints and Monographs; 4), New York: King's Crown Press, →DOI, →ISBN, § 8, page 100.
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Bavarian
Etymology
From Old High German hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Compare German hören, Yiddish הערן (hern), Dutch horen, English hear, Danish høre.
Pronunciation
Verb
hearn (past participle gheart)
- (transitive or intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)
- I hear nix. ― I can't hear a thing.
- (intransitive, with auf + accusative) to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)
- Synonyms: foign, huachn
- Du muasst auf deine Ötern hearn. ― You have to listen to your parents.
- (intransitive) to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)
- Des hear i zum erschtn Moi. ― This is the first time I've heard that.
- (intransitive) to hear (to be contacted (by))
- Es hearts vo mia. ― You'll hear from me.
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