thin-walled / alert
hellhörig – hellhöriger – am hellhörigsten
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thin-walled
Built in such a way that sounds from other rooms or apartments can be heard clearly.
Die alte Wohnung ist so hellhörig, dass man jedes Gespräch der Nachbarn hört.
The old apartment is so thin-walled that you can hear every conversation the neighbors have.
alert
Attentive and sensitive to signs of a possible danger or suspicious development.
Seit dem Betrugsfall ist die Bank bei ungewöhnlichen Überweisungen besonders hellhörig.
Since the fraud case, the bank has been particularly alert to unusual transfers.
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Typical collocations include 'eine hellhörige Wohnung' (a thin-walled apartment), 'ein hellhöriges Haus' (a thin-walled house), and 'hellhörige Wände' (thin walls). The adjective can therefore refer to entire buildings, individual apartments, or their walls.
Wegen der hellhörigen Wände können wir im Schlafzimmer sogar den Fernseher der Nachbarn hören.
Because of the thin walls, we can even hear the neighbors' television in the bedroom.
The expression 'hellhörig werden' (to become alert) is especially common when something suddenly arouses attention or suspicion. The trigger can be connected with 'bei' and the dative case.
Bei dem ungewöhnlich niedrigen Preis wurde die Kundin hellhörig.
The customer became alert when she saw the unusually low price.
In the pattern 'etwas macht jemanden hellhörig' (something makes someone alert), the trigger is the subject. The person whose attention is aroused is in the accusative case.
Die widersprüchlichen Angaben machten den Ermittler hellhörig.
The contradictory statements made the investigator alert.
