The German word "hören" means "to hear". But it has funny relatives:
anhören = to listen
zuhören = to listen (a bit more active than anhören)
umhören = to ask around
abhören = to wiretap, to auscultate
überhören = to not hear
erhören = to hear and react to (eg. a plea or a prayer)
gehören = to belong to
angehören = to be a member of
satthören = to get enough of hearing
Should I rather aufhören*? OK.
Enjoy our language!
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*aufhören = to stop
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@jensclasen Very nice. English is almost as funny. It has the same work for different meanings. They even sound different. When I see "We had a row about whether to row past the row of trees" I wonder how anybody ever learns it.
