聞(き)きつける

ききつける
verb (ichidan)
to hear about; to get wind of
他動詞 transitivecommunication
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present聞(き)きつける聞(き)きつけない
Present polite聞(き)きつけます聞(き)きつけません
Past聞(き)きつけた聞(き)きつけなかった
Past polite聞(き)きつけました聞(き)きつけませんでした
て form聞(き)きつけて聞(き)きつけなくて
ている present聞(き)きつけている聞(き)きつけていない
ている polite聞(き)きつけています聞(き)きつけていません
ている past聞(き)きつけていた聞(き)きつけていなかった
ている past polite聞(き)きつけていました聞(き)きつけていませんでした
Conditional ば聞(き)きつければ聞(き)きつけなければ
Conditional たら聞(き)きつけたら聞(き)きつけなかったら
Volitional聞(き)きつけよう—
Volitional polite聞(き)きつけましょう—
Potential聞(き)きつけられる聞(き)きつけられない
Passive聞(き)きつけられる聞(き)きつけられない
Causative聞(き)きつけさせる聞(き)きつけさせない
Imperative聞(き)きつけろ聞(き)きつけるな
1. to hear about; to get wind of
To learn of something through hearing, often implying that the information was obtained indirectly or by chance rather than through a deliberate inquiry.
そのうわさを聞(き)きつけた。
I got wind of that rumor.
Neighbors gathered after hearing about the accident.
There were people who had heard about the sale and were lined up in front of the store since morning.

聞(き)きつける is a transitive ichidan verb meaning to catch word of something or learn about it through hearsay.

ASPECT (ている):
聞(き)きつけている indicates the resulting state of having already heard the information.

Common patterns

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The verb implies that the subject came to learn something without actively seeking it — the information reached them rather than them going out to find it. Compare with 聞(き)き出(だ)す, which implies deliberately drawing out information.