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schlimm

adj · /ʃlɪm/ ·
Etymology

From earlier slim, from Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), from Old High German slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare English slim (“thin”), Dutch slim (“clever, smart”), Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”).

Translation

  1. bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful

    noch schlimmer

    even worse

    Am schlimmsten ist, dass...

    The worst thing is that...

    Das Schlimmste an...

    The worst thing about...

  2. bad source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. bad source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. bad; serious; terrible source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. hurting, ill, infected

    ein schlimmer Fuß

    an aching foot

schlimm

adv · /ʃlɪm/ ·
Etymology

From earlier slim, from Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), from Old High German slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”). Compare English slim (“thin”), Dutch slim (“clever, smart”), Middle Dutch slim (“bad, crooked”).

Translation

  1. badly, severely