schlääch

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Central Franconian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old High German sleht.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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schlääch (masculine schläächte, feminine and plural schläächte or schlääch, comparative schläächter, superlative et schläächste)

  1. (Ripuarian) bad; not good
    Dä Torwaat von dännen es su schlääch, datt e schlääch es.
    Their goalkeeper is really bad. (Literally: ... so bad that he’s bad.)

Usage notes

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  • The above construction “it’s so X that it’s X” is a common idiom in Ripuarian, expressing English “really, actually, totally”.