Schlampe

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Low German Schlampe (“low-hanging skirt”)[1].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃlampə/
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Noun

Schlampe f (genitive Schlampe, plural Schlampen, diminutive Schlämpchen n, masculine Schlamperich or Schlamper)

  1. a woman who slights to take care of her body, slattern
    1. (derogatory) unkempt woman, one who is lazy in grooming her body or her domestic environment
    2. (vulgar, derogatory) sexually promiscuous woman, slut, sket

Usage notes

It appears that German lacks an established term to properly designate promiscuous woman irrespectively of her general cleanly or orderly appearance corresponding to modern English slut, though Flittchen and other less common terms may stand for it.

Declension
Declension of Schlampe [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schlampe die Schlampen
genitive einer der Schlampe der Schlampen
dative einer der Schlampe den Schlampen
accusative eine die Schlampe die Schlampen

See also
  • Schlunz

References
  1. “Schlampe”, in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob Grimm und Wilhelm Grimm‎ (in German), accessed August 16, 2016: “ […] die schlampe ist eigentlich der schlotternde, unordentlich herabhängende weiberrock”

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