sleg

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch slecht (“bad”), from Middle Dutch slecht (“smooth, flat, plain, simple”), from Old Dutch *sleht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛχ ~ slæχ/
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Adjective

sleg (attributive slegte, comparative slegter, superlative slegste)

  1. bad

Inflection

Inflection of sleg
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive sleg slegte slegtes slegs
comparative slegter slegtere slegteres slegters
superlative slegste slegstes —

Derived terms

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slegge, from Old Dutch *slegga, from Proto-Germanic *slagjǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛx/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: sleg
  • Rhymes: -ɛx

Noun

sleg f (plural sleggen)

  1. wooden sledgehammer

Middle English

Noun

sleg

  1. alternative form of slegge
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