horchen

== German == === Etymology === An originally Central German word, from northern Middle High German horchen, hōrchen, from late Old High German hōrechen, probably from original Proto-West Germanic *hauʀukōn derived from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan whence German hören. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔʁçən/, [ˈhɔɐ̯çn̩] Hyphenation: hor‧chen === Verb === horchen (weak, third-person singular present horcht, past tense horchte, past participle gehorcht, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to listen closely (to try to hear, especially a weak sound) [with auf (+ accusative) or (formerly) genitive ‘to someone/something’; or with an (+ accusative) ‘at something, e.g. a wall’; or with nach (+ dative) ‘towards a direction or location’] (intransitive) to heed, to obey [with dative ‘someone’] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “horchen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “horchen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “horchen” in Duden online “horchen” in OpenThesaurus.de