slechten
Meaning
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- (transitive) to smoothe, to even out
- (transitive) to remove, to make disappear
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈslɛxtə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch slechten, slichten, from Old Dutch slihten, from Proto-West Germanic *slihtijan, from Proto-Germanic *slihtijaną (“to even out”).
New
slechte
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- (feminine,masculine) bad person
- (feminine,in-plural,masculine) the bad guys
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