lyhörd

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Swedish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Danish lydhør, a compound of lyd (“sound”) + hør (“hear”).

Compare German hellhörig.

Adjective

lyhörd (comparative lyhördare, superlative lyhördast)

  1. with a keen ear
    Antonyms: lomhörd, döv
  2. (figurative) perceptive, perspicacious
    Antonym: självrådig
  3. not soundproof (so that neighbors (too) easily can be heard) (of an apartment or the like)
    Antonym: ljudisolerad

Declension

Inflection of lyhörd
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular lyhörd lyhördare lyhördast
Neuter singular lyhört lyhördare lyhördast
Plural lyhörda lyhördare lyhördast
Masculine plural3 lyhörde lyhördare lyhördast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 lyhörde lyhördare lyhördaste
All lyhörda lyhördare lyhördaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Derived terms

References

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