 | English | German  |  |
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 | crooked {adj} | 3231 schief [nicht parallel] |  |
 | awry {adj} {adv} | 2079 schief |  |
 | lopsided {adj} | 1628 schief |  |
 | askew {adj} {adv} | 1248 schief |  |
 | oblique {adj} [line, angle etc.] | 851 schief |  |
 | bias {adj} {adv} | 712 schief |  |
 | raked {adj} [inclined, lopsided] | 673 schief |  |
 | skew {adj} | 589 schief |  |
 | wry {adj} [smile] | 518 schief |  |
 | askance {adv} | 383 schief |  |
 | leaning {adj} | 376 schief |  |
 | slanting {adj} | 369 schief |  |
 | wonky {adj} [coll.] | 207 schief |  |
 | slanted {adj} {adv} [oblique, sloping] | 179 schief [schräg gestellt, geneigt] |  |
 | wryly {adv} | 108 schief [lächeln] |  |
 | crookedly {adv} | 99 schief |  |
 | inclined {adj} | 88 schief |  |
 | aslant {adv} | 75 schief |  |
 | sloping {adj} | 72 schief |  |
 | cockeyed {adj} | 45 schief |  |
 | cross {adj} | 45 schief |  |
 | asymmetric {adj} | 40 schief |  |
 | inappropriate {adj} | 26 schief [Bild, Deutung, etc.] |  |
 | lopsidedly {adv} | 24 schief |  |
 | scalene {adj} | 23 schief |  |
 | askant {adj} | 21 schief |  |
 | atilt {adj} | 19 schief |  |
 | blooey {adj} [Am.] [coll.] | 17 schief |  |
 | agley {adj} [Scot.] | 11 schief |  |
 | asquint {adj} | 11 schief |  |
 | sigogglin {adj} [Am.] [dated] | 7 schief |  |
 | skew-whiff {adj} {adv} [Br.] [coll.] | schief |  |
 | at a slant {adj} {adv} | schief |  |
 | at an angle {adj} {adv} | schief |  |
 | out of square {adj} {adv} | schief |  |
 | constr. out of true {adj} | schief |  |
 | to one side {adv} | schief |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | completely askew {adj} {adv} | ganz schief |  |
 | sb. slanted | jd. stellte schief |  |
 | on the wrong track [idiom] | schief gewickelt [fig.] [ugs.] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to look askant at sb. | jdn. schief ansehen |  |
 | to set askew [hat, cap, etc.] | schief aufsetzen [Hut, Kappe etc.] |  |
 | to go awry | schief gehen [alt] [ugs.] [misslingen] |  |
 | to go wrong | schief gehen [alt] [ugs.] [misslingen] |  |
 | to go left [sl.] [idiom] [take a turn for the worse] [e.g. of plans, projects] | schief gehen [ugs.] [Redewendung] [z. B. Pläne, Projekte] |  |
 | to be crooked [picture] | schief hängen [Bild] |  |
 | to go wrong | schief laufen [alt] [ugs.] [misslingen] |  |
 | to walk lopsidedly | schief laufen [nicht fig.] |  |
 | to be sloping | schief sein |  |
 | to be out of kilter [out of alignment] | schief sein |  |
 | mus. to sing flat [coll.] | schief singen [ugs.] |  |
 | to lean [building] | schief stehen [Gebäude] |  |
3 Words: Others |
 | Things went awry. | Dinge gingen schief. |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | to turn out badly for sb. [events, plans] | für jdn. schief ausgehen [Sachen, Pläne] |  |
 | to be very much mistaken | schief gewickelt sein [ugs.] [im Irrtum sein] [Redewendung] |  |
3 Words: Nouns |
 | chem. phys. tech. failed experiment | schief gelaufenes Experiment {n} |  |
4 Words: Others |
 | The picture is crooked. | Das Bild hängt schief. |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | to wear down the heels [askew] | die Absätze schief treten |  |
 | cloth. to cock one's hat | seinen Hut schief setzen |  |
 | to cock one's head | seinen Kopf schief legen |  |
5+ Words: Others |
 | It was just one of those days. [idiom] | An diesem Tag ging mal wieder alles schief. |  |
 | idiom They are a bit short of domestic bliss. [coll.] | Der Haussegen hängt bei ihnen schief. |  |
 | Everything's going wrong. | Heute geht mir alles schief. |  |
 | This is an off-day for me. | Heute geht mir alles schief. |  |
 | what might have gone wrong | was schief gelaufen sein könnte |  |