German Adjectives
    Adjective

    quer

    crosswise, transverse, athwart

    Forms of quer

    English

    crosswise, transverse, athwart

    Positive

    quer

    Comparative

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    Superlative

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    Synonyms

    schräg
    diagonal

    Antonyms

    längs

    Vocabulary lists with quer

    quer appears in the following vocabulary collections:

    Goethe B1 Adjectives

    Practice quer in games

    Example Sentences

    • Das Foto ist quer.

      The photo is horizontal.

      With sein, the descriptive word comes at the end.

    • Ich lege das rote Buch quer auf den Tisch.

      I put the red book sideways on the table.

      The verb is in position 2.

    • Der Stuhl steht nicht quer im Zimmer.

      The chair is not standing sideways in the room.

      Nicht comes before the phrase it negates.