schlamm
Appearance
See also: Schlamm
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]schlamm (masculine schlammen, neuter schlammt, comparative méi schlamm, superlative am schlammsten)
- lame (unable to walk)
- Gutt Réit a schlamm Geesse kommen ëmmer hannenno.
- Good advice and lame goats always come after the event. (Proverb)
Declension
[edit]declension of schlamm
number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass schlamm | si ass schlamm | et ass schlamm | si si(nn) schlamm | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | schlammen | schlamm | schlammt | schlamm |
independent without determiner | schlammes | schlammer | |||
dative | after any declined word | schlammen | schlammer | schlammen | schlammen |
as first declined word | schlammem | schlammem |
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- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
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- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish doublets
- Luxembourgish 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑm
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