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skev.

crooked, lopsided, wry

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɧeːv/

  1. crooked, lopsided, wry

  2. skewed, distorted

    figuratively
    skev fördelning av resurser
    Artikeln ger en skev bild av vad som hände

  3. weird, messed up

    colloquial · figuratively
    Den där snubben är riktigt skev
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish skēver. Disputed Germanic origin, but perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”). Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”). Cognate with Old Norse skeifr, Danish skæv, Middle Low German schêf, German schief, Dutch scheef, Old English *sc(e)āf (in scāffōt). See also English skew.

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