verb · intransitive · rare

hark

hark · harks · harked · harking

To listen attentivelyTo listen attentively.

/hɑː(ɹ)k/

» Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.

Meaning

1 senses

(archaic, imperative, often)To listen attentively.
zuhören, horchen
слу́шатьslúšatʹ, внима́тьvnimátʹ
listen; used mostly in the imperative

Examples

2 sentences

Hark! midnight from the church tower vibrates through the frosty air.
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"What the hell?! Hark, what have you done?" "Nothing yet. ...No, I have."
ru«Что за чёрт?! Харк, ты что сотворил?» — «Пока ничего. ...Нет, уже кое-что».
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Translations

2 languages

Русский

to listen attentively:

Deutsch

to listen attentively:

Origin

From Middle English herken, herkien, from Old English *hercian, *heorcian, *hiercian, from

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”).

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