Before you start
Meet schief
Before a noun, the ending changes with the article, the gender and the case. See how, then try the exercises.
All 8 meanings
- skew, oblique, askew, leaning, slanting, aslant, inclined (neither parallel nor perpendicular)
- slopy, sloping (characterised by a slope or slopes)
- crooked, awry (set at an angle; not vertical or square)
- lopsided (not even or balanced; not the same on one side as on the other)
- (of facial expressions) wry (turned away, contorted)
- (of an image) distorted (misshapen; brought out of shape)
Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Endings
How schief changes
| Case | masculine | feminine | neuter | plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | e | e | e | en |
| accusative | en | e | e | en |
| dative | en | en | en | en |
Examples
- 1Der schiefe Weg führt zum Dorf.The crooked path leads to the village.
- 2Ich zeichne eine schiefe Linie.I draw a crooked line.
- 3Die Tür gehört zu einem schiefen Haus.The door belongs to a crooked house.
- 4Autos fahren durch schiefe Straßen.Cars drive through crooked streets.