schlecht
German (Berlin)
/ʃlɛçt/
adj
Definitions
- bad, evil, wicked the opposite of good, immoral
- bad unskilled, of limited ability
- bad unhealthy, unwell
- bad of poor physical appearance
- bad, off spoiled, rotten, overripe
- dirty dishonourable
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German sleht inherited from Old High German sleht (even) inherited from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*slihtaz
Gloss
flat, smooth, slippery, plain, level
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- slicht English
- slight English
- slighten English
- slighter English
- slighteth English
- slightful English
- slightish English
- slightly English
- slightness English
- slightsome English
- Schlechtigkeit German
- Spott German
- grottenschlecht German
- reden German
- schlechtreden German
- spottschlecht German
- inslecht Dutch, Flemish
- slecht Dutch, Flemish
- slechterik Dutch, Flemish
- slechtgehumeurd Dutch, Flemish
- slechts Dutch, Flemish
- slechtziend Dutch, Flemish
- *slihtaz Proto-Germanic
- slätt Swedish
- sliht Old English
- slight Middle English
- sléttr Old Norse
- slet Danish
- sléttlendi Icelandic
- sléttsöngur Icelandic
- sléttur Icelandic
- ósléttur Icelandic
- slecht Middle Dutch
- arg Old High German
- sleht Old High German
- slihti Old High German
- slikts Latvian
- sliktums Latvian
- sleg Afrikaans
- slegs Afrikaans
- slættur Faroese
- sleht Middle High German
- sliht Middle High German
- 𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- שלעכט Yiddish
- *sleht Old Dutch
- slicht Middle Low German
- schlääch Central Franconian