schräg
German, adjective/ʃʁɛːk/
schräg is spelled S-C-H-R-Ä-G (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schräg is a German adjective meaning “skewed, oblique, slanted (neither parallel nor at a right angle to some implied line)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “von einer (gedachten) geraden, horizontalen oder vertikalen Linie abweichend (und einen spitzen, stumpfen…”.
What does schräg mean in English?
adjective
- 1
skewed, oblique, slanted (neither parallel nor at a right angle to some implied line)
schräger Blick
- 2
informalstrange, weird, awkward
ein schräger Vogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. von einer (gedachten) geraden, horizontalen oder vertikalen Linie abweichend (und einen spitzen, stumpfen aber niemals rechten Winkel bildend) 2. prüfend; missbilligend 3. sich von der Norm, vom Üblichen, Erwartbaren unterscheidend (und deshalb nicht unbedingt zu akzeptieren) 4. sich an der Grenze des Erlaubten bewegend beziehungsweise diese (ein Stück weit) überschreitend
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of schräg
- schräger masculine nominative singular
- am schrägsten superlative
- schräge feminine nominative singular
- schräges neuter nominative singular
- schrägen genitive masculine singular
- schrägem dative masculine singular
- der schräge definite includes-article masculine
- die schräge definite feminine includes-article
- das schräge definite includes-article neuter
- die schrägen definite includes-article nominative
- des schrägen definite genitive includes-article
- der schrägen definite feminine genitive
- dem schrägen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schräg?
- /ʃʁɛːk/
- /ʃʁeːk/
- /ʃʁɛːç/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schräg
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schräg in German?
schräg appears 7.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).