schlimb

East Central German

Etymology

From Middle High German slimp (“slanting, awry”), from Proto-Germanic *slimbaz (“oblique, crooked”).

Adjective

schlimb

1. (Erzgebirgisch) bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful
2. (Erzgebirgisch) hurting, ill, infected

References

• 1993 Hans Becher: "Das Lied vom Vugelbeerbaam und sein Dichter der Forstmeister August Max Schreyer." P. 28