verhören

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See also: verhoren and Verhören

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ hören

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈhøːʁən/
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  • Hyphenation: ver‧hö‧ren
  • Rhymes: -øːʀən, -øːʁən

Verb

verhören (weak, third-person singular present verhört, past tense verhörte, past participle verhört, auxiliary haben)

  1. (in court or by the police) to interrogate
  2. (reflexive) to mishear
    Synonym: missverstehen
    Dann muss ich mich verhört haben.I must have heard wrong, then.

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Further reading

  • verhören” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • verhören” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • verhören” in Duden online
  • verhören” in OpenThesaurus.de