schräg

Meaning

  1. skewed, oblique, slanted (neither parallel nor at a right angle to some implied line)
  2. (informal) strange, weird, awkward

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

abheldig

Basel-Landschaft

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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