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The German adjective "hellhörig" (sometimes also "ringhörig") describes a badly or insufficiently soundproofed building or room; i.e. being able to hear your neighbors through the walls because the walls are so thin.

What's an equivalent English adjective for that?

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  • The room is either 'noisy' or 'neighbourly' depending on how friendly one is with the aforesaid neighbours.
    – Nigel J
    Commented Dec 5, 2019 at 12:07
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    The hyperbolic "The walls are paper thin" is sometimes heard.
    – Edwin Ashworth
    Commented Dec 5, 2019 at 12:11
  • Google translate gives the perfectly legitimate "poorly soundproofed".
    – Jeff Zeitlin
    Commented Dec 5, 2019 at 12:12
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    Google Books has many written instances of thin-walled apartment - where in nearly every case the primary implication (the reason for mentioning it at all) is probably that if you lived there you could hear your neighbors through the walls.
    – FumbleFingers
    Commented Dec 5, 2019 at 12:43
  • You could try auralistic, and see if it catches on?
    – jxh
    Commented Feb 23 at 17:23

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