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horken.

To hark; to listen attentively.

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɦɔr.kən/[ɦɔɐ̯kŋ̍]
  1. To hark; to listen attentively.

    obsolete · transitive
    Hork eens even heel goed naar wat ik zeg!
  2. to listen

    dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Dutch hoorken, huerken, hurken, horken, from Old Dutch *hōrken, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, Derived from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + *-ukōną, *-ikōną; cognate with West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”), German Low German horken, North Frisian harke (“to hark”), English hark, and Scots herk (“to hark”).

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