# horen
## Danish
### Noun

horen c
* definite singular of hore

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɦoːrə(n)/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ho‧ren
* Rhymes: -oːrən

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch horen, from Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

#### Verb

horen
* (transitive) to hear
    Ik hoor een vogel zingen buiten. ― I hear a bird singing outside.
    Heb je dat geluid gehoord? ― Did you hear that sound?
* (intransitive) to belong
    Zij horen bij ons. ― They belong with us.
    Dit boek hoort in die kast. ― This book belongs in that shelf.
    De sleutels horen in het laatje. ― The keys belong in the drawer.
* (auxiliary, with te) to be supposed to, to be meant to
    Je hoort je kamer op te ruimen. ― You are supposed to clean up your room.
    Je hoort dat zo te doen. ― You are supposed to do it that way.
    We horen te vertrekken voor zonsopgang. ― We are meant to leave before sunrise.
* (intransitive) to be appropriate, polite or agreeing with social norms (lit. to be heard of)
    Dat hoort niet zo, je moet je excuses aanbieden. ― That's not appropriate, you should apologize.
    In sommige culturen hoort het om schoenen uit te doen bij binnenkomst. ― In some cultures, it's the norm to take off shoes when entering.

##### Usage notes

* The sense "to be appropriate" has a humorous by-form heuren, particularly encountered in phrases such as zo heurt het ("that is how it should be") or its negation. This form specifically parodies a bekakt (posh) accent, playing into a stereotype of posh people being obsessed with certain social norms.

##### Derived terms

* aanhoren
* behoren
* gehoor
* gehoren
* hoorbaar
* hoorspel
* hoortoestel
* meehoren
* nahoren
* overhoren
* samenhoren
* thuishoren
* toehoren
* uithoren
* verhoren

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hoor
* Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
* Jersey Dutch: hôre
* Negerhollands: hoor
** → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
* Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

horen m (plural horens, diminutive horentje n)
* Alternative spelling of hoorn

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch *hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti.

### Verb

hôren
* to hear (perceive audibly)
* to hear, to learn of (audibly or otherwise)
* to listen
* to listen to, to obey
* to belong to
* to be subservient to
* to be part of
* to be necessary for

#### Descendants

* Dutch: horen
** Afrikaans: hoor
** Berbice Creole Dutch: horo
** Jersey Dutch: hôre
** Negerhollands: hoor
*** → Virgin Islands Creole: hoor (dated)
** Skepi Creole Dutch: hoar
* Limburgish: huuere, heure

### Further reading

* “horen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “horen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hārian; equivalent to hor (“hoar”) +‎ -en (infinitival suffix).

#### Alternative forms

* hore, hoore, horyn

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɔːrən/, /ˈhɔːriən/

#### Verb

horen
* To develop grey, white, or hoary hair.
* (rare) To become old or elderly.

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

##### Descendants

* English: hoar (obsolete)

##### References

* “hōren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-03-25.

### Etymology 2

From Old English hōran, from Proto-Germanic *hōrōniz; equivalent to hore (“whore”) +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

horen
* plural of hore (“whore”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* hora

### Noun

horen m or f
* definite masculine singular of hore

## Old High German
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną, whence also Old English hīeran, Old Norse heyra.

### Verb

hōren
* to hear
* to obey

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: hœren
** Bavarian: hearn
** Cimbrian: hòrran, höarn (Luserna)
** Central Franconian: hüre, hiere (Moselle Franconian)
    Hunsrik: heere
    Luxembourgish: héieren
** German: hören
** Vilamovian: hüchia
** Yiddish: הערן (hern)

## Welsh
### Noun

horen
* h-prothesized form of oren

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.