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German
Etymology
Related to Middle High German schlampen (cp. Bavarian schlàmpen (Tirolisch), schlampen (Bayerisch), schlumpen (Bayerisch)). Cognate to English schlump.
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Noun
Schlampe f (genitive Schlampe, plural Schlampen, diminutive Schlämpchen n, masculine Schlamperich or Schlamper)
- (derogatory) unkempt woman, one who is lazy in grooming her body or her domestic environment
1918, Hugo Ball, Flametti:“Her damit!” schrie Jenny und riß es ihr aus der Hand. “Wo kommt dieser Fleck her?”
“Theres!” jammerte sie, “diese Schlampen haben mir das ganze Handtuch eingeschmiert!”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (vulgar, derogatory) sexually promiscuous woman, slut
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