slecht

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛxt/
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  • Hyphenation: slecht
  • Rhymes: -ɛxt

Etymology 1

From an earlier meaning of “simple, ordinary, inferior, plain”, from Middle Dutch slecht (“smooth, flat”), from Old Dutch *sleht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Adjective

slecht (comparative slechter, superlative slechtst)

  1. bad
    Het is een slecht idee om zonder jas in de regen te gaan.
    It's a bad idea to go out in the rain without a coat.
    Ze kreeg slechte cijfers op school.
    She was getting bad grades at school.
    Het was een slechte dag voor hem.
    It was a bad day for him.
  2. (dialectal, obsolete) ordinary, simple, common, mean
Inflection
Inflection of slecht
uninflected slecht
inflected slechte
comparative slechter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial slecht slechter het slechtst
het slechtste
indefinite m./f. sing. slechte slechtere slechtste
n. sing. slecht slechter slechtste
plural slechte slechtere slechtste
definite slechte slechtere slechtste
partitive slechts slechters —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sleg
  • Jersey Dutch: släxt
  • Negerhollands: slecht, sle, slegt
  • → Indonesian: jelek

Etymology 2

Verb

slecht

  1. inflection of slechten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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