Phrase guide

I'm deaf

phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /aɪm ˈdɛf/

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phrase

Meaning 1

Indicates that one is deaf.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

73 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَنَا أَصَمّ (ʔanā ʔaṣamm) — I'm deaf
  • Arabic: أَنَا صَمَّاء (ʔanā ṣammāʔ) — I'm deaf
  • Armenian: ես խուլ եմ (es xul em) — I'm deaf
  • Central Bikol: bungog ako — I'm deaf
  • Bulgarian: аз съм глух (az sǎm gluh) — I'm deaf
  • Bulgarian: аз съм глуха (az sǎm gluha) — I'm deaf
  • Chinese: 我臭耳聾囉 /我臭耳聋啰 (góa chhàu-hī-lâng--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hǐ-lâng--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hī-lâng--lo͘h / góa chhàu-hǐ-lâng--lo͘h / góa chhàu-hīn-lâng--lo͘h) — I'm deaf
  • Chinese: 我臭耳囉 /我臭耳啰 (góa chhàu-hǐ--lo͘ / góa chhàu-hī--lo͘h) — I'm deaf
  • Chinese Mandarin: 我聾了 /我聋了 (wǒ lóng le) — I'm deaf
  • Czech: jsem hluchý — I'm deaf
  • Czech: jsem hluchá — I'm deaf
  • Danish: jeg er døv — I'm deaf
  • Dutch: ik ben doof — I'm deaf
  • Esperanto: mi estas surda — I'm deaf
  • Finnish: olen kuuro — I'm deaf
  • French: je suis sourd — I'm deaf
  • French: je suis sourde — I'm deaf
  • Galician: son xordo — I'm deaf
  • Georgian: ყრუ ვარ (q̇ru var) — I'm deaf
  • German: Ich bin taub — I'm deaf
  • Greek: είμαι κουφός (eímai koufós) — I'm deaf
  • Greenlandic: tusilarpunga — I'm deaf
  • Gujarati: હું બહેરો છું (hũ bahero chũ) — I'm deaf
  • Gujarati: હું બહેરી છું (hũ baherī chũ) — I'm deaf
  • Hebrew: אני חירש (aní kherésh) — I'm deaf
  • Hebrew: אני חירשת (aní kheréshet) — I'm deaf
  • Hungarian: süket vagyok — I'm deaf
  • Hungarian: siket vagyok — I'm deaf
  • Hungarian: nem hallok — I'm deaf
  • Icelandic: ég er daufur — I'm deaf
  • Icelandic: ég er heyrnarlaus — I'm deaf
  • Indonesian: saya tuna rungu — I'm deaf
  • Italian: sono sordo — I'm deaf
  • Italian: sono sorda — I'm deaf
  • Japanese: 私は耳が聞こえません (watashi wa mimi ga kikoemasen) — I'm deaf
  • Khmer: ខ្ញុំថ្លង់ (khñomthlɑng) — I'm deaf
  • Latvian: es esmu kurls — I'm deaf
  • Latvian: es esmu kurla — I'm deaf
  • Limburgish: ich bön douf — I'm deaf
  • Limburgish: ich douver — I'm deaf
  • Lithuanian: aš kurčias — I'm deaf
  • Lithuanian: aš kurčia — I'm deaf
  • Lithuanian: aš esu kurčias — I'm deaf
  • Lithuanian: aš esu kurčia — I'm deaf
  • Low German: ik bün doof — I'm deaf
  • Malay: saya tuli — I'm deaf
  • Malay: saya pekak — I'm deaf
  • Malay: saya congek — I'm deaf
  • Navajo: shijééhkał — I'm deaf
  • Norwegian Bokmål: jeg er døv — I'm deaf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eg er døv — I'm deaf
  • Ojibwe: ningagiibishe — I'm deaf
  • Persian: کر هستم (kar hastam) — I'm deaf
  • Polish: jestem głuchy — I'm deaf
  • Polish: jestem głucha — I'm deaf
  • Portuguese: sou surdo — I'm deaf
  • Portuguese: sou surda — I'm deaf
  • Portuguese: eu sou surdo — I'm deaf
  • Portuguese: eu sou surda — I'm deaf
  • Romanian: sunt surd — I'm deaf
  • Romanian: sunt surdă — I'm deaf
  • Russian: я глухо́й (ja gluxój) — I'm deaf
  • Russian: я глуха́я (ja gluxája) — I'm deaf
  • Spanish: soy sordo — I'm deaf
  • Spanish: soy sorda — I'm deaf
  • Swedish: jag är döv — I'm deaf
  • Tagalog: bingi ako — I'm deaf
  • Thai: ฉันหูหนวก (chăn hŏo nùak) — I'm deaf
  • Turkish: sağırım — I'm deaf
  • Turkish: işitme engelliyim — I'm deaf
  • Ukrainian: я глухи́й (ja hluxýj) — I'm deaf
  • Ukrainian: я глуха́ (ja hluxá) — I'm deaf
  • Vietnamese: tôi điếc — I'm deaf