schief

Etymology
From northern, (etc.), from , from , from , from.

Regular High German cognates exist only in north-western Central German; compare 🇨🇬, northernmost 🇨🇬. Otherwise it was borrowed from Low German into the colonial dialects, i.e. East Central German, with fallible phonetic interpretation of the original form (hence variously -ie-, -ī-, -ē-, -ei-, -b-, -f-, etc.). The word established itself in standard German during the 18th century. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 (in ), 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation




Adjective

 * 1) skew, oblique, askew, leaning, slanting, aslant, inclined neither parallel nor perpendicular
 * 2) slopy, sloping characterised by a slope or slopes
 * 3) crooked, awry set at an angle; not vertical or square
 * 4) lopsided not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other
 * 5)  wry turned away, contorted
 * 6)  distorted misshapen; brought out of shape
 * 7) worn damaged and shabby as a result of much use
 * 8)  inappropriate not suitable for the situation, time, or place

Adverb

 * 1) crookedly, at an angle
 * 2) lopsidedly
 * 3)  askance sideways; obliquely
 * 4) badly, wrong in a way that isn't right