schieflaufen
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃiːfˌlaʊ̯fn̩/
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Verb
schieflaufen (class 7 strong, third-person singular present läuft schief, past tense lief schief, past participle schiefgelaufen, auxiliary sein)
- (colloquial, impersonal) to go wrong
- Synonyms: daneben gehen, missglücken, schiefgehen, misslingen
- 1996, “Was hat dich bloß so ruiniert?”, in Posen, performed by Die Sterne:
- Hast du denn niemals richtig rebelliert? / Kannst du nicht richtig laufen? / Oder was lief schief?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Further reading
- “schieflaufen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schieflaufen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schieflaufen” in Duden online
- “schieflaufen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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