Also means
deafness
Usage Note
Taubheit has two distinct meanings: (1) the loss of sensation in a body part (Taubheitsgefühl in the fingers) and (2) total hearing loss (Gehörlosigkeit is more formal). Context makes the meaning clear; the tactile sense is the more common meaning at B2.
Examples
"Nach dem Schlag verspürte er eine Taubheit im linken Arm."
Natural Translation
After the blow he felt numbness in his left arm.
Literal Translation
After the blow he felt a numbness in the left arm.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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