schif

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From German schief, from Middle High German schief, from Middle Low German schêf. While general Luxembourgish has borrowed the word from German, it was native in the northernmost dialects, where the form scheef (inflected scheewen) exists or existed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃiːf/

Adjective

schif (masculine schifen, neuter schiift, comparative méi schif, superlative am schiifsten)

1. skew, oblique, slanted, crooked