Listen - Wiktionary

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English

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Alternative forms

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• lisen (obsolete)
• lis'en (eye dialect, rare)
• lissen (eye dialect, rare)

Etymology

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From Middle English listenen, listnen, alteration (due to Middle English listen (“to listen, give heed to”)) of Old English hlysnan (“to listen”), from Proto-Germanic *hlusnijaną, *hlusnōną (compare Middle High German lüsenen), from Proto-Germanic *hlusēną (compare Old High German hlosēn), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”).

Cognate with Swedish lyssna (“to listen”).

Compare Ancient Greek κλαίω (klaíō, “I make known, famous”), Welsh clywed (“to hear”), Latin clueō (“I am famous”), Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śróṣati, “an exclamation used in making an offering with fire to the gods or departed spirits”) & Sanskrit श्लोक्य (ślókya, “voice, sound, noisy”)).

Related to loud and German lauschen.

Pronunciation

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• enPR: lĭs'ən, lĭs'n, IPA(key): /ˈlɪs.ən/, [ˈlɪs.n̩]

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• Hyphenation: lis‧ten
• Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

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listen (third-person singular simple present listens, present participle listening, simple past and past participle listened)

1. (intransitive except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing and auditory cognition in an intentional way; to make deliberate use of one's ears; to pay attention to or wait for a specific sound. Synonyms: heed, mind, note, pay attention, attend Antonym: ignore Please listen carefully as I explain. I could hear you talking upstairs, but I didn’t really listen to your conversation.
   • 1906, Stanley J[ohn] Weyman, chapter I, in Chippinge Borough, New York, N.Y.: McClure, Phillips & Co., →OCLC, page 01:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. […]. He halted opposite the Privy Gardens, and, with his face turned skywards, listened until the sound of the Tower guns smote again on the ear and dispelled his doubts.
   • 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 4, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:He reined Wrangle to a walk, halted now and then to listen, and then proceeded cautiously with shifting and alert gaze.
   • 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement.
   (transitive, archaic) Listen the watchman’s cry upon the wall.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XX:'But, sir, lyars ye have lystened, and that hath caused grete debate betwyxte you and me.'
   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:Lady, vouchsafe to listen what I say.
   • a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Summer”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:Here laid his Scrip, with wholesome Viands fill'd, / There, listening every Noise, his watchful Dog.
   [with to] I like to listen to music.
   • 2007, KT Tunstall, “Saving My Face”, in Drastic Fantastic‎[1]:I'm listening to what you say / Even though I look the other way / But you could never understand / The feeling of what I'm needing
   [with for] You should listen for the starting gun.
2. (intransitive) To accept advice or obey instruction; to agree or assent. Synonym: mind Antonym: disregard Listen, the only reason I yelled at you was because I was upset, OK? Good children listen to their parents.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:Never listen when they tell you that Man and the animals have a common interest […].

Usage notes

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• In English, listen and hear are two primary verbs relating to audial perception. To hear most commonly represents automatic, unconscious, or passive perception of sound, while listen generally represents intentional, conscious, or purposeful use of the sense of hearing. The difference is expressed in the following quotation:

As the silence took hold in the darkness, Sam realized that she had been hearing, though not listening to, various low-level sounds—the hum of air conditioning and life support, the pulse of some faraway oxygen pump, the faint buzz of the electrical and lighting systems. —Justin Richards (1999) Demontage, chapter 5, page 92.

• A similar distinction exists between see and watch in English.

Quotations

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• For quotations using this term, see Citations:listen.

Synonyms

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• See also Thesaurus:listen

Coordinate terms

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• speak
• talk

Derived terms

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• do a listen
• listenability
• listenable
• listen after
• listener
• listenership
• listen in
• listening
• listening post
• listening station
• listen out
• listen to you
• listen up
• listen with half an ear
• mislisten
• nonlistening
• prelisten
• prooflisten
• pseudolisten
• relisten
• talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
• time spent listening
• unlisten
• unlistenable
• unlistened
• unlistening

Related terms

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• list
• listful

Translations

[edit] to pay attention to a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af) Albanian: dëgjoj (sq), ndi, ni (sq)(gheg) Amharic: ማዳመጥ (madamäṭ) Arabic: أَصْغَى (ʔaṣḡā), أَنْصَتَ (ʔanṣata), اِسْتَمَعَ (ar) (istamaʕa), سَمِعَ (ar) (samiʕa) Egyptian Arabic: سمع (simiʕ) Moroccan Arabic: سمع (ar) (smaʕ) South Levantine Arabic: سمع (simiʕ) Aragonese: ascuitar (an) Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel) Aromanian: ascultu Assamese: শুনা (xuna) Asturian: escuchar (ast) Azerbaijani: dinləmək (az), qulaq asmaq Bangi: yoka Bashkir: тыңлау (tıñlaw), (Eastern) тыңдау (tıñdaw) Basque: entzun, aditu Belarusian: слу́хаць impf (slúxacʹ), паслу́хаць pf (paslúxacʹ) Bengali: শোনা (bn) (śōna) Bikol: Central Bikol: himati (bcl) Breton: selaou (br) Bulgarian: слу́шам (bg) impf (slúšam) Burmese: နားထောင် (my) (na:htaung) Catalan: escoltar (ca) Cebuano: dungog (pagdungog), mamati (pagpamati), paminaw (pagpaminaw) Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏓᏍᏗᎭ (advdasdiha) Chickasaw: haklo Chinese: Cantonese: 聽 / 听 (teng1, ting1) Dungan: тин (tin) Eastern Min: 聽 / 听 (tiăng) Gan: 聽 / 听 (tiang1 / tin1) Hakka: 聽 / 听 (thâng) Hokkien: 聽 / 听 (zh-min-nan) (thiaⁿ) Jin: 聽 / 听 (ting1) Mandarin: 聽 / 听 (zh) (tīng) Northern Min: 聽聆 / 听聆 (tia̿ng-nī / tia̿ng-nīng / tia̿ng-līng) Wu: 聽 / 听 (1thin) Xiang: 聽 / 听 (tin1) Chuvash: итле (itle) Cimbrian: lusan Czech: poslouchat (cs) impf, poslechnout (cs) pf Danish: lytte Dutch: luisteren (nl) Esperanto: aŭskulti Estonian: kuulama, tähele panema Evenki: до̄лды̄мӣ (dōldīmī), до̄лды̄н (dōldīn) Faroese: lurta Finnish: kuunnella (fi) Franco-Provençal: acutar French: écouter (fr) Old French: escouter, esculter Frisian: West Frisian: harkje Friulian: scoltâ Galician: atender (gl), escoitar (gl), oír (gl) Gallurese: iscultà Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena), სმენა (smena), გაგონება (gagoneba) German: hören (de), zuhören (de) Alemannic German: zuelose Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hausjan) Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo) Ancient Greek: ἀκροάομαι (akroáomai), ἀκούω (akoúō) Hadza: exekeke Haitian Creole: koute Hawaiian: hoʻolohe Hebrew: הִקְשִׁיב (he) (hikshív), הֶאֱזִין (he) (he'ezín) Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā) Hungarian: hallgat (hu), figyel (hu) Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is)) Ido: askoltar (io) Indonesian: dengarkan (id) Interlingua: ascoltar Irish: éist Istriot: scoltà Italian: ascoltare (it) Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku) Kabuverdianu: obi, uví Kabyle: ssefled Kannada: ಆಲಿಸು (kn) (ālisu) Kashmiri: بوزُن (bōzun) Kashubian: czëc Kazakh: тыңдау (kk) (tyñdau), есту (kk) (estu) Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (km) (sdap) Kongo: kuwa Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوێ دان (gwê dan) Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku) Kyrgyz: угуу (ky) (uguu), тыңшоо (tıŋşoo), тыңдоо (tıŋdoo) Ladin: scuter Lao: ຟັງ (fang) Latgalian: klauseitīs Latin: auscultō, audiō (la), exaudio Latvian: klausīties (lv) Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao) Lingala: yoka Lithuanian: klausyti (lt) Livonian: kūldõ Lombard: ascoltà Lü: please add this translation if you can Lutuv: naathlie Macedonian: слуша impf (sluša) Malay: dengar (ms) Malayalam: കേൾക്കുക (ml) (kēḷkkuka) Maltese: issamma Manchu: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (donjimbi) Māori: whakaoko, whakarongo, whakataringa Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) Middle English: listnen Mongolian: Cyrillic: чагнах (mn) (čagnax), сонсох (mn) (sonsox) Naga: Khiamniungan Naga: ā-āng Nahuatl: caqui (nah) Nanai: до̄лди- (dōlʒi-) Neapolitan: sentì, ntennere Norman: êcouter Norwegian: Bokmål: lytte (no) Occitan: escotar (oc) Odia: ଶୁଣିବା (or) (śuṇibā) Ohlone: Northern Ohlone: taahe Ojibwe: babaamendam Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: слоушати impf (slušati) Old East Slavic: слꙋшати impf (slušati) Old English: hlystan, ġehīeran Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀 (tïŋla-) Oroqen: dɔ꞉ldi- Pannonian Rusyn: слухац impf (sluxac) Papiamentu: skucha Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) Pennsylvania German: hariche Persian: Iranian Persian: گوش دادَن (guš dâdan), گوش کَرْدَن (guš kardan), اِسْتِماع کَرْدَن (estemâ' kardan), نِیوشیدَن (niyušidan) (literary), گوشیدَن (gušidan) Phuthi: mamela Polish: słuchać (pl) impf Portuguese: escutar (pt) Quechua: uyariy Romanian: asculta (ro) Romansh: tadlar, audi, tedlar, tarlar, tadler Russian: слу́шать (ru) impf (slúšatʹ), послу́шать (ru) pf (poslúšatʹ) Sanskrit: शृणोति (sa) (śṛṇoti) Sardinian: aiscultare, aiscurtare, ascultare Campidanese: ascurtai Logudorese: ascurtare, iscultare, iscurtare Sassarese: iscultà Scottish Gaelic: èisd, èist Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слу̏шати impf, по̀слушати pf Latin: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf Shan: please add this translation if you can Sicilian: ascutari (scn) Sinhalese: ඇහුම්කන් දෙනවා (æhumkan denawā), අහනවා (ahanawā) Slovak: počúvať impf, poslúchnuť pf Slovene: poslušati (sl) impf Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: słuchaś impf Upper Sorbian: słušeć impf, роsłuсhаć pf Sotho: mamela (st) Spanish: escuchar (es) Swahili: kusikiza (sw), kusikiliza Swedish: lyssna (sv) Sylheti: ꠢꠥꠘꠣ (huna) Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan), makinig Tajik: гӯш додан (güš dodan), гӯш кардан (tg) (güš kardan), ниюшидан (niyušidan) (literary) Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ) Tatar: тыңларга (tıñlarğa) Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (ālakiñcu), వినుట (te) (vinuṭa) Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang) Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Tibetan: གསོན་པ (gson pa) Tok Pisin: harim Tongan: fanongo Turkish: dinlemek (tr) Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك (diŋlemek) Turkmen: diňlemek Ugaritic: 𐎌𐎎𐎓 (šmʿ) Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty) Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) Uzbek: tinglamoq (uz), eshitmoq (uz) Venetan: scoltar (vec) Vietnamese: nghe (vi), lắng nghe (vi) Welsh: gwrando (cy) Xhosa: mamela Yiddish: הערן (hern), צוהערן (tsuhern) Zhuang: dingh, nyi Zulu: lalela

to expect or wait for a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af) Albanian: ve vesh, mbaj vesh Arabic: أَنْصَتَ (ʔanṣata) Armenian: ականջ դնել (hy) (akanǰ dnel) Asturian: escuchar (ast) Basque: entzun Bikol: Central Bikol: (please verify) dengogen Bulgarian: ослу́швам се (oslúšvam se), вслу́швам се (vslúšvam se) Catalan: escoltar (ca) Cebuano: (paminawa) Czech: naslouchat (cs) Danish: lytte, høre efter Dutch: luisteren (nl), opletten (nl) Estonian: kuulama, kuulatama Faroese: lurta Finnish: kuunnella (fi) French: tendre l'oreille (fr), guetter (fr) Galician: escoitar (gl) Georgian: მოსმენა (mosmena) German: lauschen (de) Hiligaynon: pamati (magpamati, mamati, pamatian) Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā) Ibanag: maginna Icelandic: hlusta (is) (eftir (is)) Ilocano: agdengngeg, denggen, dumngeg Interlingua: ascoltar Italian: stare in ascolto per, sentire (it) Ivatan: adngeyen Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku) Kabuverdianu: obi, uví Kabyle: ssefled Kapampangan: makiramdam Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوێ دان (gwê dan) Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku) Latgalian: klauseitīs Latin: ausculto, exaudio Latvian: klausīties (lv) Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao/loc.), óplètte Lithuanian: klausyti (lt) Maguindanao: pakinig Malay: pasang telinga Maranao: makineg, pimakinog Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) Norwegian: Bokmål: lytte (no) Occitan: escotar (oc) Odia: please add this translation if you can Ojibwe: nandotan Old English: hlosnian Pangasinan: odengel, pakanggel Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) Polish: nasłuchiwać Portuguese: escutar (pt) Romanian: asculta (ro) Russian: слу́шать (ru) impf (slúšatʹ) Scottish Gaelic: èisd Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слу̏шати impf, по̀слушати pf Latin: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf Slovak: načúvať Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: słuchaś Sotho: mamela (st) Spanish: escuchar (es) Swahili: sikiza (sw) Swedish: lyssna (sv) Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan) Tamil: மெதுவா கேள் (metuvā kēḷ) Tausug: dumongog Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (ālakiñcu) Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang) Tongan: fanongo Turkish: dinlemek (tr) Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty) Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) Vietnamese: chờ đợi (vi), chờ (vi), đợi cho Yiddish: הערן (hern)

to accept advice or obey instruction

Afrikaans: luister (af) Albanian: dëgjoj (sq), marvesh Arabic: أَطَاعَ (ʔaṭāʕa) Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel), ենթարկվել (hy) (entʻarkvel) Asturian: escuchar (ast) Basque: aditu, kasu egin, jaramon egin Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (bg) impf (otstǎ́pvam) Catalan: escoltar (ca) Cebuano: patalinghugi Chickasaw: ihaklo Czech: poslouchat (cs) Danish: høre efter Dutch: gehoorzamen (nl), luisteren (nl) Estonian: kuulama Faroese: lurta eftir Finnish: kuunnella (fi), uskoa (fi) French: écouter (fr) Galician: atender (gl), oír (gl) Gallurese: iscultà German: hören (de) Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo) Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō), εἰσακούω (eisakoúō) Hawaiian: lohe Hebrew: הקשיב (he) (hikshív), האזין (he) (he'ezín) Hiligaynon: pamati Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā) Hungarian: hallgat (hu) Icelandic: hlusta (is) (á (is)) Indonesian: mendengarkan (id) Italian: dare (it) ascolto (it), dar retta Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku) Kabuverdianu: obi, uví Kabyle: ssefled Khmer: ស្ដាប់ (km) (sdap) Korean: 듣다 (ko) (deutda), 들어주다 (ko) (deureojuda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوێ گرتن (gwê girtin) Northern Kurdish: guhdarî kirin (ku), guh dan (ku) Latgalian: klauseit Latin: auscultō, audiō (la) Latvian: klausīt Limburgish: loestere (li) (nao/loc.) Lithuanian: klausyti (lt) Malay: dengar (ms) Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) Neapolitan: rà n’arecchia a Norman: êcouter Norwegian: Bokmål: lystre (no) Occitan: escotar (oc) Odia: please add this translation if you can Ojibwe: babaamitam Old English: ġehīeran, ġehīersumian Pashto: غوږ نيول (ğwag niwəl) Polish: usłuchać, słuchać (pl) Portuguese: ouvir (pt) Romanian: asculta (ro) Russian: слу́шать (ru) (slúšatʹ), слу́шаться (ru) (slúšatʹsja) Sardinian: Campidanese: ascurtai Logudorese: ascurtare, iscultare, iscurtare Sassarese: iscultà Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: слу̏шати impf, по̀слушати pf Latin: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf Slovak: poslúchať Slovene: ubogati (sl), poslušati (sl) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: słuchaś Sotho: mamela (st) Spanish: escuchar (es), atenerse (es) Swahili: sikiza (sw) Swedish: lyda (sv) Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), kinig (pakinggan, makinig) Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ) Telugu: సమ్మతించు (te) (sammatiñcu) Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang) Tibetan: ཉན (nyan) Turkish: dinlemek (tr) Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك (diŋlemek) Ukrainian: слу́хати (uk) impf (slúxaty), послу́хати pf (poslúxaty), слу́хатися impf (slúxatysja) reflexive, послу́хатися pf (poslúxatysja) Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā) Vietnamese: nghe theo, tuân theo (vi), vâng lời (vi)

to hear (something)

Afrikaans: hoor (af) Albanian: dëgjoj (sq), ni (sq) (gheg) Arabic: سَمِعَ (ar) (samiʕa) Egyptian Arabic: سمع (semeʕ) Armenian: լսել (hy) (lsel) Basque: entzun, aditu Bulgarian: чу́вам (bg) impf (čúvam), слу́шам (bg) impf (slúšam) Cebuano: patalinghugi Chickasaw: haklo Chinese: Mandarin: 聽 / 听 (zh) (tīng) Czech: slyšet (cs) impf Dutch: horen (nl) Egyptian: (sḏm) Esperanto: aŭskulti Estonian: kuulma (et) Faroese: hoyra (fo) Finnish: kuulla (fi) French: écouter (fr) Galician: oír (gl) German: hören (de) Greek: ακούω (el) (akoúo) Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō) Hawaiian: lohe Hebrew: שמע (he) (shama) Hiligaynon: pamati Hindi: सुनना (hi) (sunnā), कान लगाना (kān lagānā) Hungarian: hallgat (hu) Icelandic: hlusta (is), heyra (is) Irish: éist Isan: please add this translation if you can Italian: sentire (it) Japanese: 聞く (ja) (きく, kiku) Kabuverdianu: obi, uví Kabyle: ssefled Khmer: ឮ (km) (lɨɨ), ស្ដាប់​ឮ (sdap-lɨɨ) Korean: 들리다 (ko) (deullida) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوێ لێبون (gwê lêbun) Northern Kurdish: guh lê bûn (ku) Lao: please add this translation if you can Latgalian: dzierdēt Latin: exaudiō, audio (la), ausculto Latvian: dzirdēt (lv) Limburgish: loestere (li), heure (li), huuere (li) Lithuanian: girdėti (lt) Lü: please add this translation if you can Malay: dengar (ms) Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe) Neapolitan: sentì Norwegian: Bokmål: høre (no) Nynorsk: høyra Ojibwe: bizindaw Pashto: اورول (awrawəl) Persian: شِنیدَن (fa) (šenidan), شُنیدَن (fa) (šonidan) Polish: wysłuchać (pl), słuchać (pl) Portuguese: escutar (pt), ouvir (pt) Romanian: asculta (ro) Russian: слы́шать (ru) impf (slýšatʹ), услы́шать (ru) pf (uslýšatʹ) Scottish Gaelic: cluinn Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чу̏ти impf Latin: čȕti (sh) impf Shan: please add this translation if you can Slovak: počuť pf, slyšať impf Slovene: slišati (sl) Sotho: utlwa (st) Spanish: oír (es) Swahili: sikiza (sw) Swedish: lyssna (sv) Tagalog: dinig (tl) (dinggin), rinig (narinig) Tamil: கேள் (ta) (kēḷ) Telugu: విను (te) (vinu) Thai: ยิน (th) (yin) Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can Tocharian B: klyaus- Tok Pisin: harim Tongan: fanongo Turkish: duymak (tr) Ukrainian: чу́ти (uk) pf (čúty) Urdu: سُنْنا (sunnā), کان لَگانا (kān lagānā) Vietnamese: nghe (vi), để ý đến Zhuang: please add this translation if you can

Noun

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listen (plural listens)

1. An instance of listening. Synonym: (of recorded audio) play Give the motor a listen and tell me if it sounds off.
   • 2016 March 29, Victor Luckerson, “There's a New Way To Listen To All the Remixes You Want”, in Time‎[2]:The diss song, “Back to Back,” now has more than 124 million listens, a sign that the streaming can attract a sizable audience for a single track.
   • 2020, Emily Segal, Mercury Retrograde, New York: Deluge Books, →ISBN:I hadn't spoken to her in a year, but she could still see my listens on the music platform we both used.

Derived terms

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• have a listen
• take a listen

See also

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• hear

Anagrams

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• ELINTs, SILENT, Teslin, enlist, inlets, leints, lets in, silent, tinsel

Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:listenWikipedia cs

Etymology

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From list +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈlɪstɛn]

Noun

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listen m inan

1. (botany) bract

Declension

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This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

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• “listen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “listen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “listen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Danish

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Noun

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listen c

1. definite singular of liste
2. definite singular of list

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

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listen

1. plural of list

Anagrams

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• instel, sintel, stel in

German

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Etymology

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From Liste +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): [ˈlɪstn̩]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: lis‧ten
• Homophone: Listen

Verb

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listen (weak, third-person singular present listet, past tense listete, past participle gelistet, auxiliary haben)

1. to list Synonym: auflisten

Conjugation

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infinitive		listen
present participle		listend
past participle		gelistet
auxiliary		haben
indicative		subjunctive
singular	plural	singular	plural
present	ich liste	wir listen	i	ich liste	wir listen
	du listest	ihr listet		du listest	ihr listet
	er listet	sie listen		er liste	sie listen
preterite	ich listete	wir listeten	ii	ich listete1	wir listeten1
	du listetest	ihr listetet		du listetest1	ihr listetet1
	er listete	sie listeten		er listete1	sie listeten1
imperative	list (du)liste (du)	listet (ihr)

1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of listen (weak, auxiliary haben)

perfect
singular	plural	singular	plural
indicative	ich habe gelistet	wir haben gelistet	subjunctive	ich habe gelistet	wir haben gelistet
	du hast gelistet	ihr habt gelistet		du habest gelistet	ihr habet gelistet
	er hat gelistet	sie haben gelistet		er habe gelistet	sie haben gelistet
pluperfect
indicative	ich hatte gelistet	wir hatten gelistet	subjunctive	ich hätte gelistet	wir hätten gelistet
	du hattest gelistet	ihr hattet gelistet		du hättest gelistet	ihr hättet gelistet
	er hatte gelistet	sie hatten gelistet		er hätte gelistet	sie hätten gelistet
future i
infinitive	listen werden		subjunctive i	ich werde listen	wir werden listen
				du werdest listen	ihr werdet listen
				er werde listen	sie werden listen
indicative	ich werde listen	wir werden listen	subjunctive ii	ich würde listen	wir würden listen
	du wirst listen	ihr werdet listen		du würdest listen	ihr würdet listen
	er wird listen	sie werden listen		er würde listen	sie würden listen
future ii
infinitive	gelistet haben werden		subjunctive i	ich werde gelistet haben	wir werden gelistet haben
				du werdest gelistet haben	ihr werdet gelistet haben
				er werde gelistet haben	sie werden gelistet haben
indicative	ich werde gelistet haben	wir werden gelistet haben	subjunctive ii	ich würde gelistet haben	wir würden gelistet haben
	du wirst gelistet haben	ihr werdet gelistet haben		du würdest gelistet haben	ihr würdet gelistet haben
	er wird gelistet haben	sie werden gelistet haben		er würde gelistet haben	sie würden gelistet haben

Derived terms

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• auflisten

Related terms

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• Liste f

Further reading

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• “listen (eintragen, vorrätig haben)” in Duden online
• “listen (schmuggeln, tricksen)” in Duden online
• “listen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “listen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “listen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Norwegian Bokmål

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Alternative forms

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• lista

Noun

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listen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of liste
2. definite masculine singular of list

Spanish

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Verb

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listen

1. inflection of listar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

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Noun

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listen

1. definite singular of list

Anagrams

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• linets, litens, sliten, stilen