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No. 646 in Swedish

hörde

"Heard" (past tense of "hear").

In a sentence

  • Jag hörde musik från grannen.

    I heard music from the neighbor.

    In this sentence, 'hörde' is the past tense of 'höra', meaning 'to hear', and it is used to describe the act of perceiving sound.

  • När jag gick förbi skolan hörde jag barn som skrattade.

    When I passed by the school, I heard children laughing.

    Here, 'hörde' conveys the action of perceiving sounds from a specific event or situation.

  • Han hörde inte vad jag sa på grund av oväsendet.

    He did not hear what I said because of the noise.

    In this example, 'hörde' describes an inability to perceive a sound, emphasizing the inability to engage in auditory perception.

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