hellhörig
German
FWOTD – 2 August 2017
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhɛlhøːʁɪç] (standard)
Audio (file) - IPA(key): [ˈhɛlhøːʁɪk] (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: hell‧hö‧rig
Adjective
hellhörig (strong nominative masculine singular hellhöriger, comparative hellhöriger, superlative am hellhörigsten)
- (of walls, apartments, etc.) poorly soundproofed, having thin walls
- 1934, Walther Kabel (as Max Schraut), Der Bluffer, Verlag moderner Lektüre, page 54:
- Die Wohnungen dürften ein wenig hellhörig sein.
- The walls of the apartments are probably a bit thin.
- 1934, Walther Kabel (as Max Schraut), Der Bluffer, Verlag moderner Lektüre, page 54:
- (mainly in certain idioms, see derived terms) alert, vigilant
- jemanden hellhörig machen ― to make someone alert
- hellhörig werden ― to become alert
- 2019 January 28, Ingo Way, “Der Klarseher”, in Jüdische Allgemeine, →ISSN:
- Und bereits im Jahr 1923 warnte Lichtenstaedter vor der Möglichkeit einer physischen Vernichtung der europäischen Juden. Seine regelmäßige Lektüre der völkischen Presse hatte ihn diesbezüglich hellhörig gemacht.
- And as early as 1923, Lichtenstaedter warned of the possibility of the physical extermination of European Jews. His regular reading of the völkisch press had made him vigilant in this regard.
- (dated) having a keen ear, clairaudient
Declension
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Derived terms
- Hellhörigkeit
Further reading
- “hellhörig” in Duden online
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