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”.