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Danish
Etymology
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
Verb
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
Derived terms
References
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish høre, from Old Norse heyra, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.
Verb
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
References
- “høre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
høre (present tense hører, past tense hørde or hørte, past participle hørt, present participle hørande, imperative hør)
- (pre-2012) alternative form of høyra