English Explanatory Dictionary

hark

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To listen attentively.
noun
  1. A whisper

Pronunciation

härk /hɑː(ɹ)k/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hark.wav

Word forms

hark harks harking harked heark

Etymology

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”).

Related words

harken hearken hear

Derived words

ark at ee hark back hark-back harkee hark who's talking harkye unharked
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