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I. deaf [def] ADJ

deaf (unable to hear): taub

deaf (hard of hearing): schwerhörig

to be deaf in one ear: auf einem Ohr taub sein

to go deaf: taub werden

to be deaf to sth fig: taube Ohren für etw acc haben

Phrases:

to fall on deaf ears: auf taube Ohren stoßen

to fall on deaf ears: kein Gehör finden

to be [as] deaf as a post: stocktaub sein

to turn a deaf ear: sich acc taub stellen

II. deaf [def] N

the deaf pl: die Tauben pl

OpenDict entry

deaf ADJ

to be as deaf as a doorknob Am: stocktaub sein

to be as deaf as a doornail Aus: stocktaub sein

ˈdeaf aid N Brit

deaf aid: Hörgerät nt <-(e)s, -e>

deaf-ˈmute N dated pej

deaf-mute: Taubstumme(r) f(m) <-n, -n; -n, -n> dated pej

stone ˈdeaf ADJ inv

stone deaf: stocktaub inf

tone-ˈdeaf ADJ

to be tone-deaf: unmusikalisch sein

OpenDict entry

tone-deaf ADJ

tone-deaf: unsensibel

sb is tone-deaf to sth: bei jdm kommt etw nicht an, da die dafür notwendige Sensibilität fehlt

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

profoundly deaf: hochgradig schwerhörig

deaf and dumb dated pej: taubstumm pej dated

to go deaf: taub werden

to fall on deaf ears: auf taube Ohren stoßen

to turn a deaf ear: sich acc taub stellen

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