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Beim Hörverstehen setzt Otti die Kopfhörer auf und schließt kurz die Augen. For the listening comprehension Otti puts on the headphones and briefly closes his eyes.

noun · C1

das Hörverstehen

[ˈhøːɐ̯fɛɐ̯ˌʃteːən]

listening comprehension

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  • Das Hörverstehen fällt mir schwerer als das Lesen, weil ich nichts zurückspulen kann.

    Listening comprehension is harder for me than reading, because I can't rewind anything.

  • Für das Hörverstehen solltest du Podcasts mit verschiedenen Dialekten hören, nicht nur Nachrichten.

    For listening comprehension you should listen to podcasts with different dialects, not just the news.

  • Bruno lernt Italienisch und trainiert das Hörverstehen mit Kochsendungen aus Neapel.

    Bruno is learning Italian and trains his listening comprehension with cooking shows from Naples.

How the Word Is Built

Hör root ver prefix steh root en ending

ver-
often a change, a loss or "away": vermieten (to rent out), verlieren (to lose), sich verlaufen (to get lost).
-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

A compound: Hörver + stehen

The last word gives the article. More rules

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