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hören

German, verb

hören is a German verb meaning “to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Hören is a different word: “hearing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit den Ohren”.

What does hören mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)

  2. 2

    to hear

    Ich hörte ihn rufen.

  3. 3

    to listen to, pay attention to (to give (someone) one's attention)

  4. 4

    to attend, to go to, to sit in on

  5. 5

    to get, to receive

  6. 6

    to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)

    Du musst auf deine Eltern hören.

  7. 7

    to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)

  8. 8

    to hear (to be contacted (by))

noun

as Hören
  1. 1

    neuterhearing

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. mit den Ohren 2. mit dem Gehör wahrnehmen können (hörfähig sein) 3. mit dem Gehör tatsächlich wahrnehmen 4. dem Befehl oder Rat eines Menschen oder eines Textes folgen

noun: 1. griechische Göttinnen der Zeit. Die Horen sind Töchter des Zeus und der Themis

noun: 1. Wahrnehmung von Schallwellen mit den Ohren

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of hören

  • hört present singular third-person
  • hörte past
  • gehört participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • hörend participle present
  • höre first-person indicative present
  • hörst indicative present second-person
  • hörest second-person singular subjunctive
  • höret plural second-person subjunctive
  • hörten first-person indicative plural
  • hörtest indicative preterite second-person
  • hörtet indicative plural preterite
  • hör imperative second-person singular
  • habe gehört first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gehört first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • hör! imperative singular
  • höre! imperative singular
  • hört! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to hören

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is hören in German?

hören appears 123 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).