hark

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From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀikōn, *hauʀukōn, derived ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną (“to hear”) + formative/intensive -k (see also the related hīeran, whence English hear). Equivalent to hear + -k. Cognate with Scots herk (“to hark”), North Frisian harke (“to hark”), West Frisian harkje (“to listen”), obsolete Dutch horken (“to hark, listen to”), Middle Low German horken (“to hark”), German horchen (“to hark, harken to”).

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: слушам (slušam) — to listen attentively
• Czech: poslechnout si — to listen attentively
• Czech: poslouchat — to listen attentively
• Czech: naslouchat — to listen attentively
• Dutch: aanhoren — to listen attentively
• Dutch: luisteren — to listen attentively
• Esperanto: aŭskulti — to listen attentively
• Finnish: kuunnella tarkkaavaisesti — to listen attentively
• Finnish: kuunnella tarkasti — to listen attentively
• Finnish: kuule — to listen attentively
• Norwegian: lyda — to listen attentively
• Old English: hwæt — to listen attentively
• Russian: слу́шать (slúšatʹ) — to listen attentively
• Russian: внима́ть (vnimátʹ) — to listen attentively
• Swedish: lyssna noggrant — to listen attentively
• Tamil: கவனி (kavaṉi) — to listen attentively
• Tamil: கேள் (kēḷ) — to listen attentively