Dengar - Listen / Hear

Last updated on: 28 Apr 2026

Noun Prefix (root word dengar - listen / hear)
se-	Sedengar (Within hearing distance / hearing the same thing: Rare) Suara itu masih sedengar dari sini. (That voice is still within hearing distance from here.)
Suffix
-an	Dengaran (A thing heard / Obedience) Itu bukan dengaran yang baik. (That is not a good thing to hear / practice.)
Circumfix
pe-...-an	Pendengaran (The sense of hearing / Audition) Apakah pendengaran impian kamu? (What is your dream hearing capacity?)
peng-...-an	N.A (The root word "dengar" takes "pen-...-an", not "peng-...-an")
ke-...-an	Kedengaran (Audible / Sounding like) Hal-hal kedengaran pelik perlu dibincangkan. (Matters sounding strange need to be discussed.)
Verb Prefix (root word dengar - listen / hear)
bêr-	N.A
mêng-	Mendengar (To listen / To hear) Dia mendengar lagu itu. (He is listening to that song.)
di-	Didengar (To be heard — passive) Nasihat itu didengar oleh anak-anaknya. (That advice was heard by his children.)
mêmpêr-	Memperdengarkan (To let someone hear something / To play back) Penyanyi itu memperdengarkan lagu baharunya. (The singer played back/let them hear his new song.)
dipêr-	Diperdengarkan (To be played back / To be made audible to someone) Rakaman itu diperdengarkan di mahkamah. (The recording was played back in court.)
têr-	Terdengar (Accidentally heard / Audible) Perbualan mereka terdengar oleh saya secara tidak sengaja. (Their conversation was accidentally heard by me.)
Suffix
-kan	Dengarkan (Listen to it! — imperative) Tolong dengarkan penjelasan saya dahulu. (Please listen to my explanation first.)
-i	N.A
Circumfix
bêr-...-an	Berdengar-dengaran (To listen to each other / Reciprocal listening) Kita harus berdengar-dengaran dalam keluarga. (We must listen to each other in a family.)
bêr-...-kan	N.A
mêng-...-kan	Mendengarkan (To listen carefully to something) Saya sedang mendengarkan radio. (I am listening to the radio.)
mêng-...-i	N.A
mêmpêr-...-kan	Memperdengarkan (To perform or broadcast an audio piece) Stesen radio itu memperdengarkan lagu klasik. (The radio station played the classic song.)
mêmpêr-...-i	N.A
kê-...-an	Kedengaran (To sound like / To be heard) Suara itu kedengaran sangat merdu. (That voice sounds very melodious.)
di-...-i	N.A
di-...-kan	Didengarkan (To be listened to — focused) Lagu itu didengarkan oleh berjuta-juta peminat. (The song was listened to by millions of fans.)
dipêr-...-kan	Diperdengarkan (To be showcased / played back) Symphony itu diperdengarkan buat kali pertama. (The symphony was performed for the first time.)