listen

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English

WOTD – 24 December 2008

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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”).

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

enPR: lĭs'ən, lĭs'n, IPA^(key): /ˈlɪs.ən/, [ˈlɪs.n̩]
Audio (UK): (file)
Audio (US): (file)
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Hyphenation: lis‧ten
Rhymes: -ɪsən

Verb

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

(intransitive except in archaic usage) To use one's sense of hearing 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.
- 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)
  - 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 (lyrics and music), “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.
(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

In English, listen and hear are two primary verbs relating to audial perception. To hear 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

For quotations using this term, see Citations:listen.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:listen

Coordinate terms

speak
talk

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

to pay attention to a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af)
Albanian: dëgjoj (sq), ndëgjoj
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
Bashkir: тыңлау (tıñlaw), (Eastern) тыңдау (tıñdaw)
Basque: entzun, aditu
Belarusian: слу́хаць impf (slúxacʹ), паслу́хаць pf (paslúxacʹ)
Bengali: শোনা (bn) (śōna)
Bikol Central: 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)
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: 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)
Khiamniungan Naga: ā-āng
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/loc.)
Lithuanian: klausyti (lt)
Livonian: kūldõ
Lombard: ascoltà
Lü: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: слуша impf (sluša)
Malay: dengar (ms)
Malayalam: കേൾക്കുക (ml) (kēḷkkuka)
Maltese: issamma
Manchu: ᡩᠣᠨᠵᡳᠮᠪᡳ (donjimbi)
Maori: whakaoko, whakarongo, whakataringa
Marathi: ऐकणे (aikṇe)
Middle English: listnen
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: чагнах (mn) (čagnax), сонсох (mn) (sonsox)
Nahuatl: caqui (nah)
Nanai: до̄лди- (dōlʒi-)
Neapolitan: sentì, ntennere
Norman: êcouter
Northern Ohlone: taahe
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lytte (no)
Occitan: escotar (oc)
Odia: ଶୁଣିବା (or) (śuṇibā)
Ojibwe: babaamendam
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: слоушати impf (slušati)
Old East Slavic: слꙋшати impf (slušati)
Old English: hlystan, ġehīeran
Old French: escouter, esculter
Old Turkic: 𐱃𐰃𐰭𐰞𐰀 (tïŋla-)
Oroqen: dɔ꞉ldi-
Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك (diŋlemek)
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)
Romansch: 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

Roman: 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 (tıñlarga)
Telugu: ఆలకించు (te) (ālakiñcu), వినుట (te) (vinuṭa)
Thai: ฟัง (th) (fang)
Tibetan: གསོན་པ (gson pa)
Tok Pisin: harim
Tongan: fanongo
Turkish: dinlemek (tr)
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)
West Frisian: harkje
Xhosa: mamela
Yiddish: הערן (hern), צוהערן (tsuhern)
Zhuang: dingh, nyi
Zulu: lalela

to expect or wait for a sound

Afrikaans: luister (af)
Albanian: dëgjo, prit
Arabic: أَنْصَتَ (ʔanṣata)
Armenian: ականջ դնել (hy) (akanǰ dnel)
Asturian: escuchar (ast)
Basque: entzun
Bikol Central: ^{(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
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)
Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
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

Roman: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf
Slovak: načúvať
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)
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: 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)
Lower Sorbian: słuchaś
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
Ottoman Turkish: دیكله‌مك (diŋlemek)
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

Roman: slȕšati (sh) impf, pòslušati (sh) pf
Slovak: poslúchať
Slovene: ubogati (sl), poslušati (sl)
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)
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)
Ancient Greek: ἀκούω (akoúō)
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)
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), ស្ដាប់ឮ (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
Northern Thai: please add this translation if you can
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

Roman: 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)
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

listen (plural listens)

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

Anagrams

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

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

listen

Wikipedia ^cs

Etymology

From list +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɪstɛn]

Noun

listen m inan

(botany) bract

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Danish

Noun

listen c

definite singular of liste
definite singular of list

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

listen

plural of list

Anagrams

instel, sintel, stel in

German

Etymology

From Liste +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈlɪstn̩]
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: lis‧ten
Homophone: Listen

Verb

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

to list
Synonym: auflisten

Conjugation

Conjugation of listen (weak, auxiliary haben)

	singular	plural		singular	plural
infinitive		listen
present participle		listend
past participle		gelistet
auxiliary		haben
	indicative			subjunctive
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

auflisten

Related terms

Liste f

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

lista

Noun

listen m or f

definite masculine singular of liste
definite masculine singular of list

Spanish

Verb

listen

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

Swedish

Noun

listen

definite singular of list

Anagrams

linets, litens, sliten, stilen

English

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