hören — meaning in English
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English meaning
- aural adj Relating to the ear.
- hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
- hearing noun The sense used to perceive sound.
- hearken verb To listen to something carefully and take notice of it.
- listen verb To pay attention with your ears in order to hear something.
- read verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
Senses
hören is used for these senses in English:
- aural Of or pertaining to sound or hearing.
- hearing (uncountable) The sense used to perceive sound.
- hearken (intransitive) To listen; to attend or give heed to what is uttered; to hear with attention, compliance, or obedience.
- listen (intransitive, _, except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound.
- listen (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent.
- read (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
aural — full definition
- adj Relating to the ear.
- adj Relating to sound or the sense of hearing.
hear — full definition
- verb To perceive sound through the ears.
- verb To receive news or information about something.
- verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.
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