ADHD

See also: A.D.H.D.

English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/, (rare) /ˌeɪ diː ˈeɪtʃ diː/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

ADHD (uncountable)

  1. Initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    • 2025 January 23, Kristen Rogers, “People with ADHD have shorter life expectancy and higher risk of mental health issues, study finds”, in CNN[1]:
      Men diagnosed with ADHD had a reduction in life expectancy by 4 ½ years to nine years, while women’s life expectancy was shortened by 6 ½ years to 11 years, according to the study published Thursday in The British Journal of Psychiatry.

Adjective

ADHD (comparative more ADHD, superlative most ADHD)

  1. (attributive) of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    an ADHD person
    some ADHD medication
  2. (predicative, informal) as of or relating to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    My brother is ADHD.
    I'm too ADHD to sit for that long.
    • 2017, Mona Lisa Schulz, Heal Your Mind (page 136)
      Nicotine is a stimulant too. Many of my friends that are so ADHD they are off the charts, after they've quit smoking, they have nicotine gum all over their house!

Verb

ADHD (third-person singular simple present ADHDs, present participle ADHDing, simple past and past participle ADHDed)

  1. (colloquial, sometimes offensive) To act in a way thought to be characteristic of a person with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
    I had to ADHD my way through my twenties without a diagnosis.

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛˀˈte̝ˀˈhɔˀˈte̝ˀ], [ˌɛte̝hɔˈte̝ˀ]

Noun

ADHD

  1. (psychology) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Declension

Declension of ADHD
common
gender
singular
indefinite definite
nominative ADHD ADHD'en
genitive ADHD's ADHD'ens

References

Dutch

Etymology

From English ADHD.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌaːdeːɦaːˈdeː/, /aːdeːˈɦaːdeː/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

ADHD m or f

  1. (psychology) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ADHD.

Pronunciation

Noun

ADHD (plural ADHD-ADHD)

  1. (neurology, psychiatry, psychology) initialism of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    Synonym: gangguan pemusatan perhatian dan hiperaktivitas

Japanese

Etymology

From English ADHD.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ーディーエッチディ [èédííétchídíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [8])[1]
  • IPA(key): [e̞ːdʲiːe̞t̚t͡ɕidʲiː]

Noun

ADHD(エーディーエッチディー) • (ēdīetchidī

  1. (neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English ADHD.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.dɛ.xaˈdɛ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes:
  • Syllabification: A‧D‧H‧D

Proper noun

ADHD n (indeclinable)

  1. (neurology, pathology, psychiatry, psychology) ADHD

Further reading

  • ADHD in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːdeːˈhoːdeː/

Noun

ADHD c (uncountable)

  1. (psychology) ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder)
    Han har ADHD
    He has ADHD

Declension

Declension of ADHD
nominative genitive
singular indefinite ADHD ADHD:s
definite ADHD:n ADHD:ns
plural indefinite
definite

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