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slemp

/slˈɛmp/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables
slemp
IPA
/slˈɛmp/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

From the German surname, Americanized from Schlamp, from Middle High German slamp (“feast”) (see modern schlemmen (“to feast”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Slemps (plural)

Rhymes With

temp kemp hemp kempe lemp schempp cemp klemp rempe

Questions

How do you pronounce slemp?
The recorded pronunciation is /slˈɛmp/.
What does slemp mean?
A surname.
Where does slemp come from?
It is traced to German.

How to pronounce slemp

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