"slim" meaning in Dutch

See slim in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /slɪm/ Audio: Nl-slim.ogg
Rhymes: -ɪm Etymology: From Middle Dutch slim, slem, slimp, slemp, from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”), compare German schlimm (“bad”), English slim. The semantic development in Dutch was “physically crooked” → “morally crooked” → “sly, artful” → “clever, intelligent”. Etymology templates: {{inh|nl|dum|slim}} Middle Dutch slim, {{inh|nl|odt|*slimb}} Old Dutch *slimb, {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*slimbaz|t=oblique, crooked}} Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”), {{cog|de|schlimm||bad}} German schlimm (“bad”), {{cog|en|slim}} English slim Head templates: {{nl-adj|slimmer}} slim (comparative slimmer, superlative slimst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj|slimme}} Forms: slimmer [comparative], slimst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], slim [adverbial, positive, predicative], slimmer [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het slimst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het slimste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], slimme [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], slimmere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], slimste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], slim [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], slimmer [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], slimste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], slimme [indefinite, plural, positive], slimmere [comparative, indefinite, plural], slimste [indefinite, plural, superlative], slimme [definite, positive], slimmere [comparative, definite], slimste [definite, superlative], slims [partitive, positive], slimmers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]
  1. intelligent, bright
    Sense id: en-slim-nl-adj-41S28EUj
  2. clever, smart
    Sense id: en-slim-nl-adj-9x-bUVNg
  3. (now dialectal, Eastern Dutch) wrong, incorrect, bad Tags: Dutch, Eastern, dialectal
    Sense id: en-slim-nl-adj-eN2A9ijR Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 24 8 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: intelligent, scherpzinnig, schrander, sluw, gewiekst, listig Derived forms: slimheid, slimmerd, slimmerik, slimmigheid, slimpie

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "slimheid"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "slimmerd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "slimmerik"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "slimmigheid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Negerhollands: slim, slem"
    },
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        {
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            "1": "skw",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Skepi Creole Dutch: slam"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "pap",
            "2": "slim",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Papiamentu: slim",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Papiamentu: slim (dated)"
    }
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        "1": "nl",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "slim"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
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      "expansion": "Old Dutch *slimb",
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    },
    {
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "schlimm",
        "3": "",
        "4": "bad"
      },
      "expansion": "German schlimm (“bad”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "slim"
      },
      "expansion": "English slim",
      "name": "cog"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "slimst",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nl-decl-adj",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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        "positive",
        "predicative"
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      "form": "slimmer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "comparative",
        "predicative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het slimst",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "het slimste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "predicative",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "slimme",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "feminine",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "positive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite"
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    {
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        "superlative"
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      "form": "slims",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "partitive",
        "positive"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-",
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          "wrong"
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          "incorrect",
          "incorrect"
        ],
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          "bad",
          "bad"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now dialectal, Eastern Dutch) wrong, incorrect, bad"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Dutch",
        "Eastern",
        "dialectal"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/slɪm/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
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      "word": "intelligent"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "scherpzinnig"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "schrander"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "sluw"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "gewiekst"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "listig"
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}
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    {
      "word": "slimheid"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimmerd"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimmerik"
    },
    {
      "word": "slimmigheid"
    },
    {
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          "name": "desc"
        },
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            "1": "dated"
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          "name": "q"
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      "text": "→ Papiamentu: slim (dated)"
    }
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    {
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      "name": "cog"
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      "form": "slimmer",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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      "form": "slimst",
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        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "adverbial",
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        "superlative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
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        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "superlative"
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        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "positive"
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        "positive"
      ]
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      "form": "slimmers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
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        "superlative"
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        "wrong, incorrect, bad"
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          "incorrect",
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        "(now dialectal, Eastern Dutch) wrong, incorrect, bad"
      ],
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        "Dutch",
        "Eastern",
        "dialectal"
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      "ipa": "/slɪm/"
    },
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɪm"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "intelligent"
    },
    {
      "word": "scherpzinnig"
    },
    {
      "word": "schrander"
    },
    {
      "word": "sluw"
    },
    {
      "word": "gewiekst"
    },
    {
      "word": "listig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "slim"
}

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