Will someone German-speaking answer this for me?

Question

What does 'schlenker' mean?

My friend will not tell me.

Answer 1

sway

Answer 2

Your friend won't tell you because your friend doesn't know either.  Google it.

Answer 3

The origin is Suebian (not Yiddish)

Here is a link to a Suebian English dictionary

http://www.schwaebisch-englisch.de/con/v...

Everybody had it right.

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1 st. Any uncontrolled loose movement in a joint is "schlenkern" (the verb). E.g. as a lanky person swinging her arms (and buttocks)

2nd. When driving a car it means to swerve (in an uncontrolled manner)  -- what we call in America the "curb check" would be in German a "Schlenker"

3rd. Yes, it also means "straying" (as in marital fidelity)

4th and final.  My suspicion, your friend had no idea what her name stands for, except that it was German. (I have yet to meet a Suebian called "Schlenker" trying to hide from the family name.)

Answer 4

to swing; to dangle (one's arms)

http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/

Answer 5

I'm German and I can tell you that Mark H got it right! The correct term is "schlenkern" as a verb or "Schlenker" as a noun. A car for example can make a Schlenker which means it swings around something.

Hope this helps!

Answer 6

A "Schlenker" in terms of driving a car is something you should definitely avoid: The words designates an unprecendented  or uncontrolled move. Talking about people, the verb "schlenkern" means "to shake one's limbs", and designates a person who is rather tall, slim, and uses "body language" (gestures) frequently; you'd say "er schlenkert" oder "sie schlenkert", depending on whether male or female. To all that I know, the word has a yiddish origin, but don't ask me about the Hebrew.

Answer 7

When you stop first at your mistress place before proceeding home to your wife and tell her you made a schlenker at your office.

Answer 8

To swerve or to dodge I think.

Answer 9

Ok those answers are right in the dictionary terms, but in slang it means Lazy or to slouch