Adjective / Adverb
schlimm
Pronunciation: /ʃlɪm/
bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful
A2
rank #1,020
Meanings
Adjective
- bad, terrible, serious (seriously bad), dire, horrible, awful
- hurting, ill, infected
Adverb
- badly, severely
Example sentence
Die Erkältung ist zum Glück nicht so schlimm.
Luckily the cold is not that bad.
Usage
- schlimm / schlimmer / am schlimmsten — The comparative forms describe increasing severity.
- nicht so schlimm — A common phrase meaning not that bad.
Der Lärm war schlimmer, als wir erwartet hatten.
The noise was worse than we had expected.