hark
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hark
- /hɑː(ɹ)k/
Rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)k
Where it comes from
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”).
verb harks · harking · harked · heark
- To listen attentively. But harke, I heare the footing of a man.
noun harks · heark
- A whisper
