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hören — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • aural adj Of or pertaining to the ear.
  • hear verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  • hearing noun The sense used to perceive sound.
  • hearken verb To hear (something) with attention; to have regard to (something).
  • 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

  1. adj Of or pertaining to the ear.
  2. adj Of or pertaining to sound or hearing.

hear — full definition

  1. verb To perceive sound through the ears.
  2. verb To receive news or information about something.
  3. verb To listen to and formally consider a case in a court of law.

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