slecht

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)

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.
(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

Verb

slecht

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

Anagrams

schelt

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