German word

schlecht in German sentences

schlecht means "bad" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.

Examples

Der Text ist schlecht lesbar.

The text is difficult to read.

Die Verbindung bleibt schlecht.

The connection remains bad.

Wir ändern den Plan, weil das Wetter schlecht wird.

We change the plan because the weather is getting bad.

Das Radio empfängt den Sender nur schlecht.

The radio receives the station only poorly.

Wir trösten den Kollegen nach der schlechten Nachricht.

We comfort the colleague after the bad news.

Common mistake

Do not treat schlecht as a single isolated translation. Check how it behaves in the example sentence.