slem

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See also: sləm, șlem, and šlem

Danish

Etymology

Compare German schlimm.

Pronunciation

Adjective

slem (neuter slemt, plural and definite singular attributive slemme, comparative slemmere, superlative (predicative) slemmest, superlative (attributive) slemmeste)

  1. bad, ill-behaved, mean
  2. serious in a bad way, grievous
    et slemt sår
    a grievous wound
    • 2015, Alison Roberts, Lilian Darcy, En anden chance/Længslen efter et barn, Förlaget Harlequin AB, →ISBN:
      Ikke kønt, men det kan have reddet hende fra et slemt hovedtraume eller indre blødninger.
      Not pretty, but it may have saved her from a serious head trauma or internal bleeding.
    • 2012, Michael Morpurgo, War Horse, Art People, →ISBN, page 16:
      Det er alligevel et slemt sår, en dyb flænge - ser ud som pigtråd.
      It is, nonetheless, a grievous wound, a deep gash - it looks like barbed wire.
    • 2016, Robert Hilburn, Johnny Cash - et liv, Klim, →ISBN:
      Ved slutningen af den koreanske etape blev han ramt af et slemt tilfælde af strubehovedbetændelse og måtte selv tilbringe tid på hospitalet, inden han fortsatte til Japan og de resterende shows.
      At the end of the Korean part of the tour, he was afflicted with a serious case of laryngeal inflammation and had to spend time in the hospital, before continuing on to Japan and the remaining shows.
    • 2012, Anna Grue, Et spørgsmål om penge, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
      “Det må have været et slemt chok for ham, at der var nogen på første sal, da han hentede kedeldragten.”
      It must have a strong shock for him that there was someone on the first floor when he retrieved the boiler suit.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Adjective

slem (neuter singular slemt, definite singular and plural slemme)

  1. mean, bad
  2. naughty

References

Swedish

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish slēmber, from Old Norse slím (“slime”), from Proto-Germanic *slīmą. Cognate of English slime.

Noun

slem n

  1. slime
    1. mucus
Declension
Declension of slem
nominative genitive
singular indefinite slem slems
definite slemmet slemmets
plural indefinite slem slems
definite slemmen slemmens
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish slember, from Middle Low German slim, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz. Related to German schlimm (“bad”).

Adjective

slem (comparative slemmare, superlative slemmast)

  1. (dated) lousy, bad, unpleasant
Declension
Inflection of slem
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular slem slemmare slemmast
neuter singular slemt slemmare slemmast
plural slemma slemmare slemmast
masculine plural2 slemme slemmare slemmast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 slemme slemmare slemmaste
all slemma slemmare slemmaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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