slecht

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /slɛxt/ 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) 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. (dialectal, otherwise obsolete) ordinary, simple, common, mean ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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 inflection of slechten: first/second/third-person singular present indicative imperative === Anagrams === schelt