Schlampe

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʃlampə/

Noun

Schlampe f (genitive Schlampe, plural Schlampen)

(derogatory) unclean or lazy woman
(vulgar, derogatory) sexually promiscuous woman, slut, bitch

Usage notes

Especially among older speakers, the word is still often used in sense 1, where it is pejorative but not quite as vulgar as in sense 2, which is the one prevailing among younger speakers.

Declension

Declension of Schlampe

	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

Related terms

schlampig
schlampen
Schlamperei
Schlampigkeit
Schlamper

References

“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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[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”