schlääch

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • schläächt (Moselle Franconian)
  • schläht (scattered relict form)

Etymology

From Old High German sleht.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃlɛːɕ/

Adjective

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