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)
- (transitive, intransitive) to ignore, don't listen, pretend like one doesn't hear
- (transitive, intransitive) to overhear
- (transitive, rare) to examine
See also
- overhøre (Bokmål)
References
- “overhøyre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.