skev

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

IPA^(key): /ɧeːv/

Adjective

skev (comparative skevare, superlative skevast)

crooked, lopsided, wry
(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
(figuratively, colloquial) weird, messed up
Den där snubben är riktigt skev
That guy is a bloody weirdo

Declension

Inflection of **skev**
Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative¹
common singular	skev	skevare	skevast
neuter singular	skevt	skevare	skevast
plural	skeva	skevare	skevast
masculine plural²	skeve	skevare	skevast

Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular³	skeve	skevare	skevaste
all	skeva	skevare	skevaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

skev in Svensk ordbok (SO)
skev in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
skev in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
skev in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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

Anagrams

svek, veks

[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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