anhören

to listen to something

• Ich weiß, wie sich das anhört.

  I know how that sounds.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Erst einmal sollte ich beide Seiten anhören.

  First, I should hear both sides.

  Tatoeba · Sudajaengi · CC BY 2.0 FR

to listen to the end, to hear out

to notice, to be able to tell (a quality based on someone's speech); to be apparent (with subject and object switched)rare

to soundrare