B1adjective · frequent

weird

weird · weirder · weirdest

дивний, чудернацький, химерний, надприродний

странный, чудной, причудливый, потусторонний

seltsam, merkwürdig, eigenartig, komisch

Having an unusually strange character or behaviourHaving an unusually strange character or behaviour.

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UK/ˈwɪə(ɹ)d/US/ˈwiɚd/

» Tom has lots of weird ideas.

У Тома много странных идей. — odexed

У Тома багато дивних ідей. — deniko

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Meaning

6 senses

Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.
There are lots of weird people in this place.
seltsam, komisch, eigenartig
стра́нныйstránnyj, причу́дливыйpričúdlivyj, чудно́йčudnój
ди́внийdývnyj, чудерна́цькийčudernácʹkyj, дива́цькийdyvácʹkyj
Deviating from the normal; bizarre.
It was quite weird to bump into all my ex-girlfriends on the same day.
It was weird for him to watch boys play with Barbie dolls.
eigenartig, merkwürdig, sonderbar
стра́нныйstránnyj, причу́дливыйpričúdlivyj, чудно́йčudnój
ди́внийdývnyj, чудерна́цькийčudernácʹkyj, химе́рнийxymérnyj
Relating to weird fiction ("a macabre subgenre of speculative fiction").
a weird story
Belonging, pertaining, or related to fate, destiny, or to the Fates; able to influence fate.
Related to witches or witchcraft; supernatural; unearthly; suggestive of witches, witchcraft or unearthliness; uncanny; unearthly.
(broadly)Having super- or preternatural power.
geheimnisvoll, unheimlich, übernatürlich
потусторо́ннийpotustorónnij, сверхъесте́ственныйsverxʺjestéstvennyj
надприро́днийnadpryródnyj

More definitions

strikingly odd or unusual
suggesting the operation of supernatural influences

Examples

1041 sentences

Tom has lots of weird ideas.
У Тома багато дивних ідей. — deniko
ruУ Тома много странных идей. — odexed
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I don't think Tom is weird.
Не думаю, що Том дивакуватий. — miketheknight
ruЯ не думаю, что Том странный. — marafon
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I think that Tom is weird.
Мені здається, Том дивний. — deniko
ruПо-моему, Том странный. — marafon
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Tom is a very weird person.
Том дуже дивна людина. — deniko
ruТом очень странный человек. — marafon
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I had a weird dream last night.
Вчора вночі мені наснився дивний сон. — deniko
ruПрошлой ночью мне приснился странный сон. — Wadimiy
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

having an unusually strange character or behaviour:

deviating from the normal; bizarre:

having super- or preternatural power:

Русский

By meaning 2

having an unusually strange character or behaviour:

having super- or preternatural power:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

having an unusually strange character or behaviour:

deviating from the normal; bizarre:

having super- or preternatural power:

Origin

From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), f

From Middle English werde, wierde, wirde, wyrede, wurde, from Old English wyrd (“fate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wurdi, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz, from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with Icelandic urður (“fate”). Related to Old English weorþan (“to become”); more at worth (verb).

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