ADHD

See also: A.D.H.D.

English

Alternative forms

• A.D.H.D.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ diː ˌeɪtʃ ˈdiː/, (rare) /ˌeɪ diː ˈeɪtʃ diː/

• Audio (US):

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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.

Derived terms

• ADHD-C
• ADHDer
• ADHD-PH/I
• ADHD-PI
• AuDHD
• AuDHDer

Translations

the abbreviation ADHD

• Afrikaans: AGHS
• Azerbaijani: DÇHP
• Basque: AGHA
• Catalan: TDAH (ca) m
• Danish: ADHD (da) c
• Dutch: ADHD (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: AHP
• Finnish: ADHD (fi)
• French: TDAH (fr) m
• German: ADHS (de) f
• Greek: ΔΕΠΥ (el) f (DEPY)
• Indonesian: GPPH
• Italian: DDAI m
• Latin: CHAD
• Occitan: TDAI m
• Polish: ADHD (pl) n
• Portuguese: TDAH (pt) m
• Romanian: ADHD
• Russian: СДВГ (SDVG)
• Spanish: TDAH (es) m
• Swedish: adhd c, damp (sv) c (similar diagnosis)
• Turkish: DEHB (tr)
• Ukrainian: РДУГ (uk) m (RDUH)

See also

• Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• hadd

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

• “ADHD” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

From English ADHD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌaːdeːɦaːˈdeː/, /aːdeːˈɦaːdeː/

• Audio:

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Noun

ADHD m or f

1. (psychology) attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Derived terms

• ADHD'er (“ADHDer, a person with ADHD”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English ADHD.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /adeˈhade/ [a.deˈha.de]
• Rhymes: -ade

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) エーディーエッチディー [èédííétchídíꜜì] (Nakadaka – [8])
• 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

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English ADHD.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɛ.xaˈdɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛ
• 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

• adhd

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	—	—

See also

• DAMP

References

• ADHD in Svensk ordbok (SO)