schlimm
German, adjective/ʃlɪm/
schlimm is spelled S-C-H-L-I-M-M (7 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written German, the 1,424th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schlimm is a German adjective meaning “bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr negativ; nicht gut”.
What does schlimm mean in English?
adjective
- 1
bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful
noch schlimmer
- 2
hurting, ill, infected
ein schlimmer Fuß
adverb
- 1
badly, severely
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. sehr negativ; nicht gut 2. gegen anerkannte Werte verstoßend 3. (Stelle des Körpers) nicht gesund, (chronisch) krank oder entzündet 4. (Krankheiten, Verletzungen, etc.) bedrohlich oder ernsthaft
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 schlimm
- schlimmer masculine nominative singular
- am schlimmsten superlative
- schlimme feminine nominative singular
- schlimmes neuter nominative singular
- schlimmen genitive masculine singular
- schlimmem dative masculine singular
- der schlimme definite includes-article masculine
- die schlimme definite feminine includes-article
- das schlimme definite includes-article neuter
- die schlimmen definite includes-article nominative
- des schlimmen definite genitive includes-article
- der schlimmen definite feminine genitive
- dem schlimmen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schlimm?
- /ʃlɪm/
- [ʃlɪm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schlimm
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schlimm in German?
schlimm appears 60 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).