Slum
German, noun/slam/
Slum is spelled S-L-U-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 62,285th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Slum is a German masculine noun meaning “slum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verwahrloster Stadtbezirk (vor allem in einer Großstadt), der von armen Menschen bewohnt wird und durch…”.
What does Slum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineslum
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verwahrloster Stadtbezirk (vor allem in einer Großstadt), der von armen Menschen bewohnt wird und durch heruntergekommene Bausubstanz und schlecht ausgestattete Infrastruktur gekennzeichnet ist
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 Slum
- Slums genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Slum?
- /slam/
- [slam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Slum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Slum in German?
Slum appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).