schlamm

See also: Schlamm

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German slim, slimp, from Old High German slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“aslant, crooked”). Doublet of schlëmm (“bad, grave”), a supraregional form influenced by surrounding dialects and Standard German, while schlamm is the strictly native form. Cognate with German schlimm, Dutch slim.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃlɑm/
  • Rhymes: -ɑm
  • Homophone: Schlamm

Adjective

schlamm (masculine schlammen, neuter schlammt, comparative méi schlamm, superlative am schlammsten)

  1. lame (unable to walk)
    Gutt Réit a schlamm Geesse kommen ëmmer hannenno.
    Good advice and lame goats always come after the event. (Proverb)

Declension

Declension of schlamm
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
nominative /
accusative 		attributive and/or after determiner schlammen schlammt
independent without determiner schlammes schlammer
dative after any declined word schlammen schlammer schlammen schlammen
as first declined word schlammem schlammem
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