hear

Betekenis (Engels)

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.
7. To listen to (a person, case) in a court of law; to try.
8. (informal) To sympathize with; to understand the feelings or opinion of.
9. To study under.

listen

understand

listen to

be attentive

be informed

get a line

be told

get word

cause to hear

wield

be aware

be conscious of

call to mind

do by

get wind of something

hash out

hear about

listen carefully

listen up

make hot

sense of hearing

hearken to

have heard

hear by chance

hear by accident

hear a rumor

get the news of

sensation of hearing

hear it said

address

apperceive

come to know

listen attentively

pay attention to

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/hɪə(ɹ)/

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan Old English hīeran Middle English heren English hear From Middle English heren, from Old English hīeran (“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 Saterland Frisian heere (“to hear”), West Frisian hearre (“to hear”), Dutch horen (“to hear”), German hören (“to hear”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål høre (“to hear”), Norwegian Nynorsk høyra (“to hear”), Icelandic heyra (“to hear”), Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō, “I hear”).