hoor Dutch · revision 37227

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /ɦoːr/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''hoor'''^(Wiktionary)

+ Southern Dutch has ''hoore'', and on Zuid-Beveland the form is ''orre''.^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[der|nl|horen|t=to hear]]: a shortened or assimilated form of the question ⟨hoort ge?⟩ or ⟨hoor je?⟩ “do you hear?”, used as a filler.^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The particle is first recorded in 1781, after a remark, in ''Neem jy jou Pieter, hoor, myn kind'' “take your Pieter, you hear, my child”.^(WNT)^(Van der Sijs 2001)^(WikiWoordenboek) At the start of a remark ''hoor'' is found in 1709, though the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal allows that it may there be a plain imperative, “listen”.^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The particle confirms, softens or reassures, and also marks disagreement, much like English “you know”.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary) Fused with ''ja'' it forms [[jahoor]] “sure”.^(Wiktionary) Through Afrikaans the particle reached South African English as ''hoor''.^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1709 – ''Maar hoor, Saartje Jans'' at the start of a remark.^(WNT)

+ * 1781 – ''Hoor'' as a confirming particle after a remark.^(WNT)^(Van der Sijs 2001)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # A [[m|en|particle]] after or within a remark that confirms, reassures or softens it: ''het komt wel goed, hoor''.^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A particle marking disagreement or a reservation: ''ik ga toch, hoor''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[jahoor]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[horen]]

+ * [[wederhoor]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A noun ''hoor'', formed from [[horen]], is used only in ''hoor en wederhoor'', the rule that both sides must be heard, in law and journalism.^(Wiktionary)^(WikiWoordenboek) The noun [[wederhoor]] is recorded from 1853.^(WNT)

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+ In West Flemish ''hoor'' also means “heir”: it is Middle Dutch [[m|dum|hoir]], from [[fro|hoir]], from [[la|hērēs]].^(Debrabandere 2002)^(MNW)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}