Gehör

Meaning

1. (neuter, strong) hearing (sense or faculty of perceiving and interpreting sound)
2. (neuter, strong) attention, being heard, being listened to

Concepts

hearing

ear

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audition

sense of hearing

sense

auditory sense

ear

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sense of sound

sense of pitch

hearing ability

right to be heard

hearing

ears

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Synonyms

Gehörsinn

Ohr

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Vernehmen

Hörvermögen

Hören

Hörorgan

Lauschlappen

anhören

Ohrwaschl

gehört

hören

Lauscher

Ohren

unerhört

Tonempfinden

Translations

oído

ouïe

udito

audition

gehoor

audição

audición

ouvido

orecchio

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ακοή

oreja

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سمع

işitme

kulak

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Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

gheer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈhøːr/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: gehœre

Inherited from Old High German: *gihōra

Cognate with Dutch: gehoor

Cognate with Old Dutch: *gehōrtha

Cognate with Old Saxon: gihōritha

In summary

From Middle High German gehœre, from Old High German *gihōra (attested as acc. sg. kehorun). Equivalent to ge- + hören; compare Dutch gehoor. This was a less common byform of Middle High German gehœrde, from Old High German gihōrida, itself cognate with Old Dutch *gehōrtha (attested as gehortoir, error for dat. sg. gehorton) and Old Saxon gihōritha. All of these words were originally feminines, but became neuter by analogy with collectives in ge- (first attested in Middle High German gehœrde alongside the feminine).