hoor
Meaning
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- modal particle indicating reassurance or confidence from the speaker: certainly, surely, at all, but often weak and untranslatable
- modal particle indicating disagreement or a certain nuance with an earlier statement: regardless, despite that, anyway, you know
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɦoːr/
Etymology
The interjection comes from hoor je (“do you hear?”).
New
horen
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- (transitive) to hear
- (intransitive) to belong
- (auxiliary) to be supposed to, to be meant to
- (intransitive) to be appropriate, polite or agreeing with social norms (lit. to be heard of)
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