verhören

See also: verhoren and Verhören

German

Etymology

ver- +‎ hören

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛʁˈhøːʁən/
  • Rhymes: -øːʀən
  • Hyphenation: ver‧hö‧ren
  • Audio(file)

Verb

verhören (weak, third-person singular present verhört, past tense verhörte, past participle verhört, auxiliary haben)

  1. (in court or by the police) to interrogate
  2. (reflexive) to mishear
    Synonym: missverstehen
    Dann muss ich mich verhört haben. ― I must have heard wrong, then.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “verhören” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “verhören” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “verhören” in Duden online
  • “verhören” in OpenThesaurus.de
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