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/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ampən
- Hyphenation: schlam‧pen
Verb
schlampen (weak, third-person singular present schlampt, past tense schlampte, past participle geschlampt, auxiliary haben) (derogatory, intransitive)
- (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 geschlampt ― I was sloppy when repairing the pipe
- (dialectal, of clothing) to hang, droop, be baggy
- Antonym: sitzen
- (rare) to eat or drink noisily
Conjugation
Conjugation of schlampen (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schlampen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schlampend | ||||
| past participle | geschlampt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schlampe | wir schlampen | i | ich schlampe | wir schlampen |
| du schlampst | ihr schlampt | du schlampest | ihr schlampet | ||
| er schlampt | sie schlampen | er schlampe | sie schlampen | ||
| preterite | ich schlampte | wir schlampten | ii | ich schlampte1 | wir schlampten1 |
| du schlamptest | ihr schlamptet | du schlamptest1 | ihr schlamptet1 | ||
| er schlampte | sie schlampten | er schlampte1 | sie schlampten1 | ||
| imperative | schlamp (du) schlampe (du) |
schlampt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of schlampen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
References
- ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schlampen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
Further reading
- “schlampen” in Duden online
- “schlampen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schlampen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.