slum

(Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, derogatory) A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.
2. (slang, uncountable) Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.
2. (UK, dated, intransitive, slang) To saunter about in a disreputable manner.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/slʌm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

First attested in 1812. originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of unknown origin.

Konzepte

Elendsviertel

Slum

informelle Siedlung

Marginalsiedlung

Armenviertel

Kanisterstadt

neuer Ort

Bezirk

Stadtteil

Elendsquartier

neue Siedlung

Stadtviertel

Viertel

Synonyme

ghetto

shantytown

shanty town

back street

slum area

hovel

inner city

new town

quarter

rookery

shack

shanty

informal settlements

part of town

skid row

alley house

rear tenement

area in decline

decayed area

rotten place

informal settlement

squatter settlement

skid road

city district

mean alley

crowded

den

district

dump

Übersetzungen

favela

bidonville

taudis

achterbuurt

bidonville

barrio bajo

slums

kenar mahalle

barrio

φτωχογειτονιά

sloppenwijk

quartiere povero

bas fonds

catapecchia

tuguri