slecht
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slɛxt/
audio (Belgium) (file) audio (Netherlands) (file) - 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
- (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
- inslecht
- slechten
- slechterik
- slechtheid
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sleg
Verb
slecht
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of slechten
- imperative of slechten
Anagrams
- schelt