German-English translations for schräg

• askew
  He wore his hat askew
• oblique
• askance
  The beggar asked for change, but the haughty woman only looked at him askance
• askant
• aslant
  Lay the gun aslant your lap.
• aslope
• athwart
  Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart
  We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross
  a fleet standing athwart our course
• bent
  He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.
  They were bent on mischief.
  That shot was so bent it left the pitch.
• crooked
  We walked up the crooked path to the top of the hill.
  That picture is crooked - could you straighten it up for me?
  He was trying to interest me in another one of his crooked deals.
• diagonal
• disapproving
• dodgy
  Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications.
  Never listen to dodgy advice.
  The dodgy old machine kept breaking down.
• glance
  She glanced at her reflection as she passed the mirror.
  The spring sunlight was glancing on the water of the pond.
  copper glance
• inclined
  The take-off ramp was inclined at 20 degrees.
  I am inclined to believe you.
• jarring
  The jarring of peaches took place at the end of the season.
• look
  They kept looking at me
  Don’t look in the closet
  Look what you did to him!
• obliquely
• off-the-wall
  What kind of a harebrained, off-the-wall idea is that?
  She is a very off-the-wall character.
• peer
  a peer of the realm
• prone
  prone position
  prone to failure
• scrutinize
  to scrutinize the conduct or motives of individuals
• searching
  a searching gaze; searching criticism
• shady
  He is a shady character.
  Dont be shady, give us a go.
• shoot
  to shoot a gun
  The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could
  The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat
• shortly
  Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose
• shy
  He is very shy with strangers.
  By our count your shipment came up two shy of the bill of lading amount.
  It is just shy of a mile from here to their house.
• sideways
  He gave the ball a sideways kick.
  There was a stack of papers in front of each seat at the table, but each stack was sideways.
  Once we get out of this sideways economy, our figures will more accurately reflect what were truly capable of.
• skew
  A disproportionate number of female subjects in the study group skewed the results
  a skew arch
• skewed
• slant
  The house was built on a bit of a slant and was never quite level.
  It was a well written article, but it had a bit of a leftist slant.
  If you slant the track a little more, the marble will roll down it faster.
• slanting
  The slanting of the hill was too steep for safe skiing
• transverse

Synonyms

• schief

Related words

• Schrägstrich