schieflaufen

== German == === Etymology === From schief +‎ laufen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃiːfˌlaʊ̯fn̩/ === 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, to go awry Synonyms: daneben gehen, missglücken, schiefgehen, misslingen ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “schieflaufen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schieflaufen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schieflaufen” in Duden online “schieflaufen” in OpenThesaurus.de