slim

smart / clever

/slɪm/adjective

Word forms

How it is spelled and how it sounds

Short vowel 'i' /ɪ/ in a closed syllable requires doubling the final consonant 'm' to 'mm' when an '-e' or '-er' ending is added to keep the syllable closed and the vowel short.

glimglimmerklimclimbschimshadow, phantom

In connected speech

In the inflected form 'slimme', the final schwa /ə/ often links smoothly to a following vowel-initial word, while before a consonant, the /m/ in 'slim' may assimilate to the place of articulation of that consonant (e.g., becoming labiodental [ɱ] before 'v' or 'f' as in 'slim van je').

In the lessons (1 sentence)

s2-les-09 · 30Hm, dat was misschien ook niet zo slim van Xing.Hmm, that maybe wasn't very smart of Xing either.Open in lesson ↗

In the frequency dictionary

Core #943

Marked known.