schwerhörig
German, adjective/ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌhøːʁɪç/
schwerhörig is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-H-Ö-R-I-G (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwerhörig is a German adjective meaning “hard of hearing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nur schwer hören könnend”.
What does schwerhörig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
hard of hearing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. nur schwer hören könnend 2. nur schwer hören wollend, kein Gehör schenkend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schwerhörig
- schwerhöriger masculine nominative singular
- am schwerhörigsten superlative
- schwerhörige feminine nominative singular
- schwerhöriges neuter nominative singular
- schwerhörigen genitive masculine singular
- schwerhörigem dative masculine singular
- der schwerhörige definite includes-article masculine
- die schwerhörige definite feminine includes-article
- das schwerhörige definite includes-article neuter
- die schwerhörigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schwerhörigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schwerhörigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schwerhörigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwerhörig?
- /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌhøːʁɪç/
- /-ˌhøːʁɪk/
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌhøːʁɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schwerhörig in German?
schwerhörig appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).