schräg — meaning in English

English meaning

askew adj Not straight; tilted or crooked to one side.
crooked adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
diagonal adj Slanted; running at an angle rather than straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
inclined adjective Tilted at an angle; sloped.
jarring adj Causing an unpleasant shock or a sense of unsettling discord.
kooky adj Eccentric, quirky, or slightly crazy in an endearing way.
oblique adjective Slanting; not straight up-and-down or side-to-side.
offbeat noun (music) The beats in a bar of music that do not usually get the emphasis.
prone adj Likely to suffer from or do something, usually something negative.
sideways adv Toward or from one side; not straight ahead.
skew verb To turn or set something at a slant rather than straight.
skewed adj Tilted or twisted away from the expected straight line or angle.
slanted adjective Set at an angle; sloping.

schräg is used for these senses in English:

askew Turned or twisted to one side.
askew Tilted to one side.
crooked Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
diagonal (geometry) Joining two nonadjacent vertices (of a polygon or polyhedron).
inclined At an angle to the horizontal; slanted or sloped.
jarring That jars (clashes or disagrees); incongruous, conflictful.
kooky (slang) Eccentric, strange, or foolish; crazy or insane; kookish.
oblique Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base.