overhøyre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• overhøyra
• (non-standard since 2012) overhøra, overhøre

Etymology

From over (“over”) +‎ høyre (“hear”), akin to English overhear. In sense 2, it is a semantic loan from English.

Verb

overhøyre (present tense overhøyrer, past tense overhøyrde, supine overhøyrt, past participle overhøyrd, present participle overhøyrande, imperative overhøyr)

1. (transitive, intransitive) to ignore, don't listen, pretend like one doesn't hear
2. (transitive, intransitive) to overhear
3. (transitive, rare) to examine

See also

• overhøre (Bokmål)

References

• “overhøyre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.