horchen
German
Etymology
An originally Central German word, from northern Middle High German horchen, hōrchen, 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).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɔʁçən/, [ˈhɔɐ̯çn̩]
Audio (file) Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hor‧chen
Verb
horchen (weak, third-person singular present horcht, past tense horchte, past participle gehorcht, auxiliary haben)
- (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)
- (intransitive, or with dative) to heed, to obey.
Usage notes
Conjugation
infinitive | horchen | ||||
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present participle | horchend | ||||
past participle | gehorcht | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich horche | wir horchen | i | ich horche | wir horchen |
du horchst | ihr horcht | du horchest | ihr horchet | ||
er horcht | sie horchen | er horche | sie horchen | ||
preterite | ich horchte | wir horchten | ii | ich horchte1 | wir horchten1 |
du horchtest | ihr horchtet | du horchtest1 | ihr horchtet1 | ||
er horchte | sie horchten | er horchte1 | sie horchten1 | ||
imperative | horch (du) horche (du) |
horcht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Horchen
- Horcher
- abhorchen
- aufhorchen
- aushorchen
- erhorchen
- behorchen
- gehorchen
- hineinhorchen
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “horchen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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