horen

horen c

1. definite singular of hore

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦoːrə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: ho‧ren
• Rhymes: -oːrən

From Middle Dutch horen, from Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

horen

1. (transitive) to hear

   Ik hoor een vogel zingen buiten. ― I hear a bird singing outside.

   Heb je dat geluid gehoord? ― Did you hear that sound?

2. (intransitive) to belong

   Zij horen bij ons. ― They belong with us.

   Dit boek hoort in die kast. ― This book belongs in that shelf.

   De sleutels horen in het laatje. ― The keys belong in the drawer.

3. (auxiliary, with te) to be supposed to, to be meant to

   Je hoort je kamer op te ruimen. ― You are supposed to clean up your room.

   Je hoort dat zo te doen. ― You are supposed to do it that way.

   We horen te vertrekken voor zonsopgang. ― We are meant to leave before sunrise.

4. (intransitive) to be appropriate, polite or agreeing with social norms (lit. to be heard of)

   Dat hoort niet zo, je moet je excuses aanbieden. ― That's not appropriate, you should apologize.

   In sommige culturen hoort het om schoenen uit te doen bij binnenkomst. ― In some cultures, it's the norm to take off shoes when entering.

• The sense "to be appropriate" has a humorous by-form heuren, particularly encountered in phrases such as zo heurt het ("that is how it should be") or its negation. This form specifically parodies a bekakt (posh) accent, playing into a stereotype of posh people being obsessed with certain social norms.

• Afrikaans: hoor
• Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
• Jersey Dutch: hôre
• Negerhollands: hoor
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar

horen m (plural horens, diminutive horentje n)

1. alternative spelling of hoorn

From Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

hôren

1. to hear (perceive audibly)
2. to hear, to learn of (audibly or otherwise)
3. to listen
4. to listen to, to obey
5. to belong to
6. to be subservient to
7. to be part of
8. to be necessary for

• Dutch: horen
  • Afrikaans: hoor
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
  • Jersey Dutch: hôre
  • Negerhollands: hoor
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar
• Limburgish: huuere, heure

• “horen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “horen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From Old English hārian; equivalent to hor (“hoar”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

• hore, hoore, horyn

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːrən/, /ˈhɔːriən/

horen

1. To develop grey, white, or hoary hair.
2. (rare) To become old or elderly.

• English: hoar (obsolete)

• “hōren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 25 March 2019.

From Old English hōran, from Proto-Germanic *hōrōniz; equivalent to hore (“whore”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

horen

1. plural of hore (“whore”)

• hora

horen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of hore

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, whence also Old English hīeran, Old Norse heyra.

hōren

1. to hear
2. to obey

• Middle High German: hœren
  • Bavarian: hearn
  • Cimbrian: hòrran, höarn (Luserna)
  • Central Franconian: hüre, hiere (Moselle Franconian)

    Hunsrik: heere

    Luxembourgish: héieren

  • German: hören
  • Vilamovian: hüchia
  • Yiddish: הערן (hern)

horen

1. h-prothesized form of oren