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slecht.

bad

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

adj/slɛxt/

  1. bad

    Het is een slecht idee om zonder jas in de regen te gaan.
    Ze kreeg slechte cijfers op school.

  2. ordinary, simple, common, mean

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

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

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