slim

English

/slɪm/

adj

Definitions

Slender, thin.
(of something abstract like a chance or margin) Very small, tiny.
(rural) Bad, of questionable quality; not strongly built, flimsy.
(South Africa) Sly, crafty.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish slim (clever, smart, sly, crafty, bad) derived from Middle Dutch slim (bad, crooked) derived from Old Dutch *slimb derived from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (oblique, crooked).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*slimbaz

Gloss

oblique, crooked

Concept

Semantic Field

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Ontological Category

Property

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

line English
slimline English
slimly English
slimmish English
slimness English
slimwear English
superslim English
ultraslim English
unslim English
schlimm German
slim Dutch, Flemish
slimheid Dutch, Flemish
*slimbaz Proto-Germanic
slim Middle Dutch
slimp Middle High German
*slimb Old Dutch

line
unslim
slimly
slimwear
slimline
slimmish
slimness
ultraslim
superslim