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” (cf. slechts), from Middle Dutch slecht (“smooth, flat”), from Old Dutch *sleht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Adjective

slecht (comparative slechter, superlative slechtst)

1. 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.

2. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) ordinary, simple, common, mean

Declension

Declension 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

• in slechte handen
• inslecht
• slechten
• slechterik
• slechtheid
• slechts

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sleg
• Jersey Dutch: släxt
• Negerhollands: slecht, sle, slegt
• → Ambonese Malay: slek
• → Indonesian: jelek
• → Manado Malay: slek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

slecht

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

Anagrams

• schelt