schlampen

See also: Schlampen

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German slampen, probably from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lembʰ- (to hang loosely), for which see Schlamm (mud) for more.[1] See also Schlampe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlampən/
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  • Rhymes: -ampən
  • Hyphenation: schlam‧pen

Verb

schlampen (weak, third-person singular present schlampt, past tense schlampte, past participle geschlampt, auxiliary haben) (derogatory, intransitive)

  1. (colloquial) to work in a careless, sloppy manner; to slack; to botch [with bei or in (+ dative)]
    Synonym: pfuschen
    ich habe beim Reparieren des Rohres geschlamptI was sloppy when repairing the pipe
  2. (dialectal, of clothing) to hang, droop, be baggy
    Antonym: sitzen
  3. (rare) to eat or drink noisily
    Hyponyms: schmatzen, schlürfen

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References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schlampen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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