Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to hark
Participle: harked
Gerund: harking
Indicative
Present
| I | hark |
| you | hark |
| he;she;it | harks |
| we | hark |
| you | hark |
| they | hark |
Perfect
| I | have harked |
| you | have harked |
| he;she;it | has harked |
| we | have harked |
| you | have harked |
| they | have harked |
Past
| I | harked |
| you | harked |
| he;she;it | harked |
| we | harked |
| you | harked |
| they | harked |
Pluperfect
| I | had harked |
| you | had harked |
| he;she;it | had harked |
| we | had harked |
| you | had harked |
| they | had harked |
Future
| I | will hark |
| you | will hark |
| he;she;it | will hark |
| we | will hark |
| you | will hark |
| they | will hark |
Future Perfect
| I | will have harked |
| you | will have harked |
| he;she;it | will have harked |
| we | will have harked |
| you | will have harked |
| they | will have harked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | hark |
| you | hark |
| he;she;it | hark |
| we | hark |
| you | hark |
| they | hark |
Perfect
| I | have harked |
| you | have harked |
| he;she;it | have harked |
| we | have harked |
| you | have harked |
| they | have harked |
Imperfect
| I | harked |
| you | harked |
| he;she;it | harked |
| we | harked |
| you | harked |
| they | harked |
Pluperfect
| I | had harked |
| you | had harked |
| he;she;it | had harked |
| we | had harked |
| you | had harked |
| they | had harked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would hark |
| you | would hark |
| he;she;it | would hark |
| we | would hark |
| you | would hark |
| they | would hark |
Perfect
| I | would have harked |
| you | would have harked |
| he;she;it | would have harked |
| we | would have harked |
| you | would have harked |
| they | would have harked |
Imperative
| you | hark |
| we | Let's hark |
| you | hark |
Verbs conjugated like 'hark'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'hark'
bark,
cark,
chark,
dark,
fark,
hack,
hank,
hard,
hare,
harl,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to pay attention to a sound
- attend, behear, give ear, harken, lend an ear, list, listen close, mind, note, listen
- listen
- attend, hear, descry, perceive, apprehend, detect
Antonyms
- listen
- neglect, reject, refuse, shun
Additional Information
Etymology
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”). See: Middle English '
herken', Proto-Germanic '
*hauzijaną', Frisian, Northern 'harke', Dutch '
horken', German, old spelling '
horchen'.
Verbs referencing "hark"
German, Pennsylvania
hariche, Dutch
horken.
Sample Sentences
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“ And hark ye, ” said Tom; “ we 've got correspondents in Sandusky, that watch the boats for us. I don't care if I tell, now. I hope they _will_ get away, just to spite Marks,—the cursed puppy ! — d—n him ! ”
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)