skev

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish skēver. Disputed Germanic origin, but perhaps from the same source as Proto-Germanic *skeuhaz (“frightened, shy”).[1] Another possibility is Proto-Indo-European *skeh₂iwos, the source of Latin scaevus (“on the left side”).[2]

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

skev (comparative skevare, superlative skevast)

  1. crooked, lopsided, wry
  2. (figuratively) skewed, distorted
    skev fördelning av resurser
    skewed distribution of resources
    Artikeln ger en skev bild av vad som hände
    The article gives a distorted picture of what happened
  3. (figuratively, colloquial) weird, messed up
    Den där snubben är riktigt skev
    That guy is a bloody weirdo

Declension

Inflection of skev
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular skev skevare skevast
Neuter singular skevt skevare skevast
Plural skeva skevare skevast
Masculine plural3 skeve skevare skevast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 skeve skevare skevaste
All skeva skevare skevaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “skew”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “scheef”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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