lomhörd

Swedish

Adjective

lomhörd (not comparable)

  1. hard of hearing
    Farfar är lite lomhörd, så man får tala högt
    Grandpa is a bit hard of hearing, so you have to speak loudly [so one may speak loudly]
  2. having temporary hearing loss (due to exposure to loud sounds or the like)
  3. (figuratively) deaf (not listening to or heeding something)
    lomhörd inför kritik
    deaf to criticism

Declension

Inflection of lomhörd
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular lomhörd — —
neuter singular lomhört — —
plural lomhörda — —
masculine plural2 lomhörde — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 lomhörde — —
all lomhörda — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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