GERMAN · B2WORD NOTES
MEANING & PRONUNCIATION

überhören

fail to hear; miss hearing

Vor lauter Konzentration überhörte sie das Klingeln an der Haustür.

She was concentrating so hard that she did not hear the front doorbell.

deliberately ignore a remark

Die Vorsitzende überhörte die spitze Bemerkung absichtlich und kehrte zur sachlichen Diskussion zurück.

The chairwoman deliberately ignored the pointed remark and returned to a factual discussion.

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