hearn

See also: Hearn

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɪɹn/

Verb

hearn

1. (dialectal) past participle of hear
   • 1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes‎^[1]:

     I've hearn it said that when a man has eaten a hearty dinner, and goes to sleep with the hot sun pourin' right down on him, he's apt to see and hear a good many strange things before he wakes up.

   • 1905, Charles Felton Pidgin, Quincy Adams Sawyer and Mason's Corner Folks‎^[2]:

     "'Tis a trifle early, but I hearn tell that lyin' makes people hungry."

   • 1910, Grace MacGowan Cooke, The Power and the Glory‎^[3]:

     Like enough he's hearn of that silver mine, and that's the reason he's after Johnnie."

Anagrams

• Ahern, Ahner, Haner, Haren, Nehra, Rhean

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• hean (spelling variant)

Etymology

From Old High German hōren, from Proto-West Germanic *hauʀijan, from Proto-Germanic *hauzijaną. Compare German hören, Yiddish הערן (hern), Dutch horen, English hear, Danish høre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhe̞ɐ̯n/

Verb

hearn (past participle gheart)

1. (transitive or intransitive) to hear (to perceive sounds (or a sound) through the ear)

   I hear nix. ― I can't hear a thing.

2. (intransitive, with auf + accusative) to listen (to pay attention to a sound or speech; to accept advice or obey instruction)

   Synonyms: foign, huachn

   Du muasst auf deine Ötern hearn. ― You have to listen to your parents.

3. (intransitive) to hear (to receive information; to come to learn)

   Des hear i zum erschtn Moi. ― This is the first time I've heard that.

4. (intransitive) to hear (to be contacted (by))

   Es hearts vo mia. ― You'll hear from me.

Conjugation

Conjugation of hearn

infinitive	hearn
past participle	gheart
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	hear	—	hearad
2nd person singular	hearst	—	hearadst
3rd person singular	heart	—	hearad
1st person plural	hearn	—	hearadn
2nd person plural	hearts	—	hearads
3rd person plural	hearn	—	hearadn
	imperative
singular	hear
plural	hearts

Derived terms

• aufhearn
• einehearn
• iwahearn
• umhearn
• verhearn
• vuahearn
• weghearn
• weiderhearn
• zuahearn
• åhearn