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 niets.

   I hear nothing.

2. (intransitive) to belong

   Zij horen bij ons.

   They belong with us.

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

   Dat hoort hier te liggen.

   That is supposed to be lying here.

   Je hoort dat zo te doen.

   You are supposed to do it that way.

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

   Dat hoort niet!

   That is inappropriate!

• aanhoren
• behoren
• gehoor
• gehoren
• hoortoestel
• meehoren
• nahoren
• overhoren
• samenhoren
• thuishoren
• toehoren
• uithoren
• verhoren

• 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 2019-03-25.

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
  • Cimbrian: hòrran, höarn
  • Central Franconian: hüre, hiere

    Hunsrik: heere

    Luxembourgish: héieren

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

horen

1. h-prothesized form of oren