slim – Dutch adjective declension

Adjective: slim

Indefinite Forms

masc. & fem.	slimme
neuter	slim

Comparison Forms

Positive	slimme
Comparative	slimmere
Superlative	slimste

Sample Sentences

Adjectives inflected like slim

dom, lam, tam, stram, grim, klam, krom, stom, slim,

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slim, slem, slimp, slemp, from Old Dutch *slimb, from Proto-West Germanic *slimb, from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”), compare German schlimm (“bad”), English slim. The semantic development in Dutch was “physically crooked” → “morally crooked” → “sly, artful” → “clever, intelligent”. See: German Adjectives 'schlimm', English Adjectives 'slim'.

Verbs referencing "slim"

English Adjectives slim, German Adjectives schlimm.