lyhörd

Swedish

Etymology

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

Adjective

lyhörd (comparative lyhördare, superlative lyhördast)

with a keen ear
Antonyms: lomhörd, döv
(figurative) perceptive, perspicacious
Antonym: självrådig
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	superlative¹
common singular	lyhörd	lyhördare	lyhördast
neuter singular	lyhört	lyhördare	lyhördast
plural	lyhörda	lyhördare	lyhördast
masculine plural²	lyhörde	lyhördare	lyhördast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	lyhörde	lyhördare	lyhördaste
all	lyhörda	lyhördare	lyhördaste

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.

Derived terms

lyhördhet

References

lyhörd in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
lyhörd in Svensk ordbok (SO)
lyhörd in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
lyhörd in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)