See also: Schlicht

English

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Etymology

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From German schlicht.

Adjective

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schlicht (not comparable)

 
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  1. (mathematics) univalent (analytic and one-to-one) in a given region, sometimes qualified with the stipulation that the function is 0 at 0 and has a slope there equal to 1 (see w:Koebe function)

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃlɪçt/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪçt

Etymology 1

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Chiefly Low German, also to a lesser degree Central German variant of schlecht. From Middle Low German slicht and northern Middle High German sliht (both “flat, straight, simple”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz, which see for cognates. Since the Late Middle Ages, schlecht/schlicht developed the sense “bad”, which became predominant over time, but did not displace the original one entirely. By the 17th century, attempts were made to reserve the i-variant specifically to the older meaning, but the semantic split between both forms was completed only during the 19th century. The adverbs schlechthin and schlechterdings (both “plainly, absolutely”) remain as relicts to this day.

Adjective

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schlicht (strong nominative masculine singular schlichter, comparative schlichter, superlative am schlichtesten)

  1. plain, simple, artless, natural
Declension
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Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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schlicht

  1. second-person plural preterite of schleichen

Further reading

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  • schlicht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Plautdietsch

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Adjective

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schlicht

  1. plain, not fancy