herhören
German, verb[ˈheːɐ̯ˌhøːʁən]
herhören is spelled H-E-R-H-Ö-R-E-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 211,221st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herhören is a German verb meaning “to listen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemandem aufmerksam zuhören”.
What does herhören mean in English?
verb
- 1
to listen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemandem aufmerksam zuhören
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 herhören
- hört her present singular third-person
- hörte her past
- hergehört participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herhörend participle present
- herzuhören infinitive infinitive-zu
- höre her first-person indicative present
- hören her first-person indicative plural
- hörst her indicative present second-person
- hörest her second-person singular subjunctive
- höret her plural second-person subjunctive
- hörten her first-person indicative plural
- hörtest her indicative preterite second-person
- hörtet her indicative plural preterite
- hör her! imperative singular
- höre her! imperative singular
- hört her! imperative plural
- hergehört haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce herhören?
- [ˈheːɐ̯ˌhøːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is herhören in German?
herhören appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).