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schlimm.

bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful

7 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʃlɪm/

  1. bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful

    noch schlimmer
    Am schlimmsten ist, dass...

  2. hurting, ill, infected

    ein schlimmer Fuß
Where this word comes from

From earlier slim, from Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), from Old High German slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare English slim (“thin”), Dutch slim (“clever, smart”), Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”).

adv/ʃlɪm/

  1. badly, severely

Where this word comes from

From earlier slim, from Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), from Old High German slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare English slim (“thin”), Dutch slim (“clever, smart”), Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”).

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