to listen up · to stop; to quit; to cease · to stop talking about something
çekim: geçmiş hörte auf · ortaç aufgehört · şimdiki hört auf · ulaç aufhörend
eş: ablassen, abbrechen, beenden, anhalten, enden
köken: From Middle High German ūfhœren (“to stop”), equivalent to auf- (“up”) + hören (“to hear, listen, obey”). The sense is explained as a generalisation from “to obey a prohibition and desist”. Cognate with archaic Dutch ophoren, Yiddish אויפֿהערן (oyfhern), and Bavarian aufhearn. Compare also aufhorchen, preserving a more literal meaning.