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luisteren.

to listen

9 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈlœy̯stərə(n)/

  1. to listen

    intransitive
    Luister je naar de radio?

  2. to listen, to obey, comply with

    intransitive
    Je moet naar me luisteren!
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch luusteren, lūsteren, from Old Dutch *lūstren, from Proto-West Germanic *hlūstrēn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Cognate with German Low German lüüstern, luustern (“to listen”), Old High German lūstarēn (whence obsolete or dialectal German laustern, Luxembourgish lauschteren), Saterland Frisian lusterje (“to listen to”).

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