Translation of "schief" into English

crooked, lopsided, askew are the top translations of "schief" into English.

schief adjective grammar

schepp (umgangssprachlich)

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  • crooked

    adjective

    set at an angle [..]

    Das Bild hängt schief. Könntest du es wieder geraderichten?

    The picture is hanging crooked. Could you please straighten it?

  • lopsided

    adjective

    not balanced

    Er war bucklig und runzlig und sein Gesicht war ganz schief und geschwollen, gerötet und wund.

    He was stooped and shriveled, and his face was lopsided from swelling—red and raw.

  • askew

    adjective adverb

    turned or twisted to one side [..]

    Er hat seinen Hut schief aufgesetzt.

    He wore his hat askew.

  • Less frequent translations

    • skew
    • askance
    • awry
    • oblique
    • aslant
    • sideways
    • wry
    • sloping
    • cross
    • cockeyed
    • crookedly
    • inclined
    • raked
    • tilted
    • leaning
    • angled
    • at an angle
    • false
    • loose
    • to one side
    • unbalanced
    • wonky
    • worn
    • asymmetric
    • askant
    • inclinated
    • slanting
    • wryly
    • bias
    • misshapen
    • atilt
    • slantwise
    • lopsidedly
    • deformed
    • not straight
    • slanted
    • obliquely
    • funny
    • bent
    • squint
    • acock
    • agley
    • asquint
    • scalene
    • slopy
    • at a slant
    • canted
    • distorted
    • on a slant
    • out of true
    • skew-whiff
    • skewed
    • tipped
    • twisted

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Phrases similar to "schief" with translations into English

  • stellt schief
    slants
  • Dinge gingen schief
    Things went awry
  • etw schief halten
    to hold sth crooked
  • schief laufen
    to go wrong
  • schief seiend
    canting
  • jdn. schief ansehen
    to look at sb. askance
  • stellte schief
    slanted
  • schief sein
    be disposed to · be prone to · be slope · careen · decline · go down · heed over · incline · incline toward · lean · list · lurch · sink · slant · tilt · tip · to be disposed to · to be prone to · to cant · to careen · to decline · to go down · to heed over · to incline · to incline toward · to lean · to list · to lurch · to sink · to slant · to tilt · to tip · to trend toward · to wane · trend toward · wane
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