Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
Definition: Harken |
HarkenVerb1. Listen; used mostly in the imperative. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "harken" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Synonyms: HarkenSynonyms: hark (v), hearken (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Harken |
| Non-English Usage: "Harken" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Dutch (rake), German (rake, rake over, rakes). |
| Domain | Title |
References | |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Robert Novak | As you know, a great deal of controversy over President Bush and his previous dealings with Harken Energy Company. The White House says this has all been thrashed about for years, nothing new has come out. |
Rush Limbaugh | Bush sells Harken Energy and the stock soars instead of tanking, and they say he's corrupt too. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Harken" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Harken" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "harken" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Harken | Last name | 300 | 26,502 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Country | Name |
| USA | Harken Energy Corpn |
| (more examples...) |
Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
harken | 96 |
harken energy | 22 |
harken energy corporation | 5 |
harken block | 4 |
harken energy corp | 4 |
harken winches | 3 |
harken oil | 3 |
bush harken | 3 |
harken smith | 2 |
harken marine | 2 |
harken roller furling | 2 |
harken pulley | 2 |
harken theater | 2 |
harken hoister | 2 |
box harken magic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "harken"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vë veshin (hear, hearken, heed, listen), mbaj vesh (hearken), dëgjoj me vëmendje (hearken, listen attentively). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вслушвам се (hearken, listen). (various references) | |
Danish | Harkens metode (Harken method). (various references) | |
French | cardio-péricardiopexie de Harken (Harken method). (various references) | |
German | horchen (eavesdrop, hark, hearken, listen, listen to). (various references) | |
Greek | μέθοδος Harken (Harken method). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fülel (hearken, listen, prick up one's ears, to cock one's ears, to prick one's ears, to prick the ears). (various references) | |
Italian | orecchiare (hark, hearken, listen carefully), ascoltare (attend, hark, hear, hearken, listen, listen to, pay attention). (various references) | |
Manx | eaishtagh(ey) (listen, listen in), eaishtagh (attentive, confess, hear, hearken, listen, listen in, sound). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arkenhay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | ouvir (audition, hark, hear, listen, to hear), escutar (attend, audition, hark, hear, hearken, listen). (various references) | |
Russian | слушать (hark, hear, hearken, listen, listen in, listen to, listened). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | slušati (hark, hearken, listen, obey). (various references) | |
Spanish | escuchar (answer, hang on, hear, hearken, heed, listen, listen in, listen to, monitor, pay attention to, play back). (various references) | |
Turkish | kulak vermek (attend, hark, hear, hearken, heed, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen carefully, mind, pay attention, take heed of), dinlemek (attend, follow, hark, hear, hearken, lend an ear, lend one's ear, listen, listen to, obey). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | слухати (hark, hearken, listen), вислуховувати (hear, hearken), звертати увагу (hearken, mind, notice, pay attention, take notice). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | obedia, oboedias, oboediatis, oboediatur, oboediebat, oboediemus, oboediens, oboedient, oboediente, oboedientes, oboedientia, oboedientibus, oboedieris, oboedierit, oboedieritis, oboedierunt, oboediet, oboedio, oboedire, oboedirent, oboediret, oboedisti, oboedistis, oboedit, oboedite, oboeditionem, oboeditis, oboediunt, oboedivimus, oboedivit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 34, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ean de mh eisakoushte hmwn tou peritemnesqai labonteV taV qugateraV hmwn apeleusomeqa |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sin autem circumcidi nolueritis tollemus filiam nostram et recedemus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If forsothe ye wolen not be circumsidid, we shulen take our dowytres, and goo awey. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | But and yf ye will not harken vnto vs to be circumcysed than will we take oure doughter and goo oure wayes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But if ye will not hearken to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But if you will not undergo circumcision as we say, then we will take our daughter and go. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Genesis Chapter 34, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Apan kong kamo dili magpatalinghug kanamo aron nga circuncidahan kamo, nan kuhaon namo ang among anak nga babaye, ug manlakaw kami. |
| Croatian | A ako ne pristajete na obrezanje, uzet æemo svoju kæer i otiæi." |
| Danish | men hvis I ikke vil høre os og lade eder omskære, så tager vi vor Datter og drager bort" |
| Dutch | Maar zo gij naar ons niet zult horen, om besneden te worden, zo zullen wij onze dochter nemen, en wegtrekken. |
| Finnish | Mutta jos te ette kuule meitä ettekä ympärileikkauta itseänne, niin me otamme sisaremme ja menemme tiehemme." |
| French | Mais si vous ne voulez pas nous écouter et vous faire circoncire, nous prendrons notre fille, et nous nous en irons. |
| German | Wo ihr aber nicht darein willigen wollt, euch zu beschneiden, so wollen wir unsere Tochter nehmen und davonziehen. |
| Hungarian | Hogyha pedig nem hallgattok reánk, hogy körûlmetélkedjetek: felveszszük a mi leányunkat és elmegyünk. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi jika kamu tidak mau menerima syarat-syarat kami, dan tidak mau disunat, kami akan mengambil kembali gadis itu dan pergi." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi jikalau tiada kamu menurut akan kata kami dalam perkara sunat itu, tak dapat tiada kami ambil akan anak kami, lalu kami akan berjalan pergi. |
| Italian | Ma se voi non ci ascoltate a proposito della nostra circoncisione, allora prenderemo la nostra figlia e ce ne andremo». |
| Maori | Ki te kahore ia koutou e rongo ki ta matou, kia kotia koutou; na ka tango matou i ta matou tamahine, ka haere. |
| Norwegian | Men dersom I ikke vil høre på oss og la eder omskjære, da tar vi vår søster og drar bort. |
| Portuguese | Mas se não nos ouvirdes, e não vos circuncidardes, levaremos nossa filha e nos iremos embora. |
| Rumanian | Dar dacq nu voiyi sq ne ascultayi wi sq vq tqiayi kmprejur, ne vom lua fata wi vom pleca.`` |
| Russian | Б ЕУМЙ ОЕ ПУМХЫБЕФЕУШ ОБУ Ч ФПН, ЮФП'Щ П'ТЕЪБФШУС, ФП НЩ ЧПЪШНЕН "ПЮШ ОБЫХ Й Х"БМЙНУС. |
| Spanish | Pero si no nos hacéis caso en circuncidaros, tomaremos a nuestra hermana y nos iremos. |
| Swedish | Men om I icke viljen lyssna till oss och låta omskära eder, så skola vi taga vår syster och draga bort." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "harken": harkened, harkener, harkeners, harkening, harkens. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "harken" (pronounced hÄ"rkun) |
| 5 | -Ä" r k u n | darken. |
| 3 | -k u n | falcon, awaken, bacon, beacon, beckon, blacken, bracken, broken, chicken, deacon, drunken, forsaken, gascon, heartbroken, housebroken, interleukin, lichen, liken, Macon, misspoken, mistaken, outspoken, overtaken, Pekin, pelican, Pipkin, pumpkin, quicken, reawaken, reckon, republican, retaken, second, shaken, shrunken, sicken, silicon, slacken, spoken, stricken, sunken, taken, thicken, token, unbroken, undertaken, unshaken, unspoken, waken, weaken, woken, zircon. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hanker. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-k-n-r" | |
-2 letters: ankh, earn, haen, hake, hank, hare, hark, hear, hern, kane, karn, kern, khan, knar, nark, near, rake, rank, rhea. | |
-3 letters: ane, are, ark, ear, era, ern, hae, hen, her, kae, kea, ken, nae, nah, rah, ran. | |
-4 letters: ae, ah, an, ar, eh, en, er, ha, he, ka, na, ne, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-k-n-r" | |
+1 letter: hankers, harkens, hearken, thanker. | |
+2 letters: dakerhen, hankered, hankerer, harkened, harkener, hearkens, redshank, thankers. | |
+3 letters: benchmark, dakerhens, foreshank, hankerers, hankering, harkeners, harkening, hearkened, kashering, preshrank, raincheck, redshanks, shrinkage. | |
+4 letters: backhander, benchmarks, foreshanks, greenshank, handworker, hearkening, rainchecks, rakishness, shrinkable, shrinkages. | |
+5 letters: backbencher, backhanders, blackhander, greenshanks, handworkers, heartbroken, kindhearted, kitchenware, leatherneck, nightwalker, thankfuller. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Spoken 6. Usage Frequency 7. Names: Frequency 8. Names: Company Usage | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Bible Trace | 13. Derivations 14. Rhymes 15. Anagrams 16. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.
