English-German translations for slum

• Elendsviertel das
• Slum das
  Betrifft: Slums und Entwicklung Subject: Slums and development
  Meine Damen und Herren! Wir haben alle eine Vorstellung davon, wie Ghettos und Slums aussehen. Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, we know what ghettos and slums are like from our own experience.
  In vielen englischen und französischen Städten gibt es bereits Slums, in denen unglaubliche Mißstände herrschen. In many cities in France and England there are now slums, breeding grounds for many sorts of problems.
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Definition of slum

• A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty
• Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game
• To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own
• slumgullion; a meat-based stew

Related words

• slump
• slumber
• slumping
• slumlord
• slummy
• slumberous
• transluminal
• slumberland
• slumberousness