hörig
German (Berlin)
/ˈhøːʁɪç/, /ˈhøːʁɪk/
adj
Definitions
- submissive; devout; dependent (especially emotionally and/or sexually, but also in other contexts)
- (historic) serf; serfish; in the state of serfdom of a farmer who serves on a superior’s land and cannot leave
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German hœrec (obedient) suffix from German hören (hear, listen, obey, listen to) derived from Middle Low German hōrich (serfish).
Origin
Middle Low German
hōrich
Gloss
serfish
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Gehör German
- Hörbeispiel German
- Hörensagen German
- Hörfunk German
- Hörigkeit German
- Hörrohr German
- Hörsaal German
- Hörspiel German
- Hörverstehen German
- Hörweite German
- Wiederhören German
- abhören German
- anhören German
- aufhören German
- erhören German
- gehören German
- hellhörig German
- hörbar German
- hören German
- hörenswert German
- mithören German
- schwerhörig German
- verhören German
- weghören German
- zuhören German
- hœrec Middle High German
- hōrich Middle Low German