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English

hear

/ˈhɪə/
To perceive sounds through the ear.

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    Origin

    From Middle English har, heoren, her, here, heren, from Old English hēran, hīeran, hīran, hȳran (“to hear”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti (“to be sharp-eared”), from *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”) + *h₂ows- (“ear”) + *-yéti (denominative suffix).

    Cognates

    Cognate with North Frisian hear, hiar, hiir, hiire (“to hear”), Saterland Frisian heere, here (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Bavarian hearn (“to hear”), Central Franconian hüre (“to hear”), Cimbrian hòrran, höarn (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German and Low German hören (“to hear”), Luxembourgish héieren (“to hear”), Yiddish הערן (hern, “to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Elfdalian ära (“to hear”), Faroese hoyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk haur, høra, høre, høyra, høyre (“to hear”), Swedish höra (“to hear”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan, “to hear”); also Greek ακούγω (akoúgo), ακούω (akoúo, “to hear”), Italiot Greek κούω (koúo, “to hear”), Tocharian B āks- (“to awaken”).

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishheren
      • inheritedOld Englishhīeran
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*hauʀijan
          • inheritedProto-Germanic*hauzijaną “to hear”
            • inheritedProto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti “to be sharp-eared”
              • partProto-Indo-European*h₂ows-
    • rootProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ- “sharp”
    • rootProto-Indo-European*h₂ew- (perceive)

    Related: North Frisian hear, Saterland Frisian heere, West Frisian hearre, Bavarian hearn, Central Franconian hüre, Cimbrian hòrran, Dutch horen, de,nds hören, Luxembourgish héieren, Yiddish הערן, da,nb høre, Elfdalian ära, Faroese hoyra, Icelandic heyra, Norwegian Nynorsk haur, Swedish höra, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽, Greek ακούγω, Italiot Greek κούω, Tocharian B āks-

    Meanings

    verb
    1. To perceive sounds through the ear.
    2. To perceive (a sound, or something producing a sound) with the ear, to recognize (something) in an auditory way.
    3. To exercise this faculty intentionally; to listen to.
    4. To listen favourably to; to grant (a request etc.).
    5. To receive information about; to come to learn of.
    6. To be contacted by.
    intj
    1. you hear me

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: hear