schlecht

See also: Schlecht

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sleht, from Old High German sleht (see also schlicht), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz. Cognate with English slight, Dutch slecht, Afrikaans sleg, Icelandic sléttur, Faroese slættur, Swedish slätt, Danish slet, and Norwegian slett.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlɛçt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛçt
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Adjective

schlecht (comparative schlechter, superlative am schlechtesten)

  1. bad, evil, wicked (the opposite of good; immoral)
    ein schlechter Menscha bad person
  2. bad (unskilled; of limited ability)
    sie ist schlecht in Matheshe is bad at maths
  3. bad (unhealthy, unwell)
    schlecht für jemanden seinto be bad for somebody
  4. bad (of poor physical appearance)
    schlecht aussehento look bad
  5. bad, off (spoiled, rotten, overripe)
    schlecht werdento go off, to go bad
  6. dirty (dishonourable)

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

schlecht

  1. badly, poorly, not well (in a bad or poor manner)
  2. with difficulty, not easily

See also

Further reading

  • schlecht in Duden online
  • Schlecht in online Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm
an exhaustive etymology giving historical literary examples of inversion from positive to negative meaning in centuries since the Renaissance at woerterbuchnetz.de/DWB (Berlin Brandenburg Akadamie der Wissenschaft zu Gottingen © 1998—2014, Trier Center for Digital Humanities)

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃleçt/

Adjective

schlecht (comparative schlechter, superlative schlechtest)

  1. bad, evil, wicked

Derived terms

  • Schlechtichkeet

Further reading


Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlæɕt/

Adjective

schlecht (masculine schlechten, neuter schlecht, comparative méi schlecht, superlative am schlechtsten)

  1. bad

Declension


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German schlecht, Dutch slecht.

Adjective

schlecht

  1. bad
  2. wicked

Adverb

schlecht

  1. poorly
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