schräg
Meaning
- skewed, oblique, slanted (neither parallel nor at a right angle to some implied line)
- (informal) strange, weird, awkward
Concepts
Synonyms
unnormal
uncharakteristisch
leicht verrückt
schrullenhaft
Schräge
spleenig
überdreht
Quer-
nicht zu fassen
crazy
schief gewesen
kantete
schräg gestellt
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
abheldig
Basel-Landschaft
schreeg
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃʁɛːk/
Etymology
In summary
16th century; derived from Middle High German schrage (“grid of items arranged crosswise, e.g. of wooden pegs”), probably related with schränken (“to arrange crosswise”), from Old High German screnken (“to slant”), from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz (“barrier, grid”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch schraag, German Schranke (“gate, barrier”). Older derivatives are Middle High German schregen (“to have crooked legs; to walk in a slanted manner”), Old High German scregihōrī (“state of being slanted”).
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