schlampig
German, adjective/ˈʃlampɪç/
schlampig is spelled S-C-H-L-A-M-P-I-G (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 31,999th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlampig is a German adjective meaning “sloppy (not careful, messy, imprecise or loose)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ungepflegt, unordentlich”.
What does schlampig mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sloppy (not careful, messy, imprecise or loose)
- 2
slutty, sketty, tarty
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ungepflegt, unordentlich 2. nachlässig, ohne Sorgfalt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schlampig
- schlampiger masculine nominative singular
- am schlampigsten superlative
- schlampige feminine nominative singular
- schlampiges neuter nominative singular
- schlampigen genitive masculine singular
- schlampigem dative masculine singular
- der schlampige definite includes-article masculine
- die schlampige definite feminine includes-article
- das schlampige definite includes-article neuter
- die schlampigen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlampigen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlampigen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlampigen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlampig?
- Germany /ˈʃlampɪç/
- Austria /ˈʃlampɪk/
- [ˈʃlampɪç]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlampig
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlampig in German?
schlampig appears 1.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).