skjev

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish skæv (skjæv, skjev), from Old Danish skev, from Old Norse skeifr.

Adjective

skjev (masculine and feminine skjev, neuter skjevt, definite singular and plural skjeve, comparative skjevere, indefinite superlative skjevest, definite superlative skjeveste)

crooked, lopsided, oblique, slanting, distorted
Det skjeve tårn i Pisa - the Leaning Tower of Pisa
se skjevt til - to look askance at, look with a jaundiced eye at

Alternative forms

skeiv

References

“skjev” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“skjev” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

skjev

present of skava

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