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schräg — meaning in English

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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 The beats not normally accented in a measure.
  • 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 form or shape in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
  • skewed adj Tilted or twisted away from the expected straight line or angle.
  • slanted adjective Set at an angle; sloping.

Senses

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.

crooked — full definition

  1. adj Bent or twisted rather than straight.
  2. adj Dishonest or corrupt.

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