schréi

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See also: schrei and Schrei

Luxembourgish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German schrage (grid of items arranged crosswise, e.g. of wooden pegs), probably related with schränken (to arrange crosswise), from Old High German screnken (to slant), from Proto-Germanic *skrankaz (barrier, grid), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to bend, turn).[1] Cognate with German schräg.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

schréi (masculine schréien, neuter schréit, comparative méi schréi, superlative am schréisten)

  1. oblique, slanted

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “schränken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891