horchen

An originally Central German word, from northern Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from late Old High German hōrechen, probably from original *hōrahhōn,[1] from Proto-Germanic *hauzakōną, derived from *hauzijaną + intensive -k-. Cognate with Bavarian huachn, Middle Dutch horken, hoorken, Old Frisian hērkia (West Frisian harkje), Old English *heárcian (English hark).

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔʁçən/, [ˈhɔɐ̯çn̩]

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• Hyphenation: hor‧chen

horchen (weak, third-person singular present horcht, past tense horchte, past participle gehorcht, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to hark; to listen closely; to try to hear, especially a weak sound
   • 1840, Die beyden Spencer oder Die Wunder der Todtengruft. Nach einer wahren Englischen Geschichte des 14ten Jahrhunderts frey bearbeitet, Wien, page 185:

     Er hörte seinen Namen, er horchte des Gespräches, erkannte Blankens und seines Vaters Stimme, und stürzte schnell hervor in die Arme seiner Gattin.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (intransitive, or with dative) to heed, to obey.

• Usually intransitive but formerly also construed with a genitive object. May now be used with auf (to) + accusative, an (at) + accusative, or nach (in a specific direction or location) + dative.

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• “horchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “horchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “horchen” in Duden online
• “horchen” in OpenThesaurus.de