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A densely populated poor urban district characterized by poor housing conditions, inadequate infrastructure, and high poverty.
Hilfsorganisationen versuchen, die Lebensbedingungen der Menschen in den Slums zu verbessern.
Aid organizations are trying to improve the living conditions of people in the slums.
The word 'Slum' is borrowed directly from English and has the same meaning in German. For this reason, it is also pronounced in the English way.
Er fotografierte das Leben in den Slums von Mumbai.
He photographed life in the slums of Mumbai.
'Slum' is usually used with the preposition 'in'. 'In einem Slum leben' (to live in a slum; dative) describes the location, while 'in einen Slum gehen' (to go into a slum; accusative) indicates direction.
Sie ist in einem der größten Slums der Welt aufgewachsen.
She grew up in one of the largest slums in the world.
Common verbs in connection with 'Slum' are 'in einem Slum leben' (to live in a slum), 'in Slums arbeiten' (to work in slums), or 'Slums bekämpfen' (to fight slums).
Die Regierung hat ein Programm gestartet, um die Slums aufzuwerten.
The government has launched a program to improve the slums.