From Middle High German *horten, horden, from Old High German *hortōn, from Proto-West Germanic *hoʀdōn (“to hoard”), equivalent to Hort (“shelter, refuge, haven”) + -en. Cognate with Old English hordian (whence English hoard).
horten (weak, third-person singular present hortet, past tense hortete, past participle gehortet, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | horten | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | hortend | ||||
| past participle | gehortet | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich horte | wir horten | i | ich horte | wir horten |
| du hortest | ihr hortet | du hortest | ihr hortet | ||
| er hortet | sie horten | er horte | sie horten | ||
| preterite | ich hortete | wir horteten | ii | ich hortete1 | wir horteten1 |
| du hortetest | ihr hortetet | du hortetest1 | ihr hortetet1 | ||
| er hortete | sie horteten | er hortete1 | sie horteten1 | ||
| imperative | hort (du) horte (du) |
hortet (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.