abhören

A2 Verb frequency rank #10,385

What abhören means

Verb

to test someone orally, to quiz someone (e.g. on vocabulary)
to tap, wiretap, to record or listen to in secret
to auscultate
to listen to a recording (in an organised way, so as to determine the content, transcribe it, etc.)
to inspect, explore something by listening

Forms

abhören · hört ab · hörte ab · hat abgehört

Pronunciation

abhören in a sentence

Soll ich dir die Lateinvokabeln für morgen abhören?

Do you want me to quiz you on your Latin vocab for tomorrow?

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abhören is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #10,385 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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