 | English | German  | |
| – | |
 | clever {adj} | 2409 klug | |
| sage {adj} | 944 klug [weise, gescheit] | |
| smart {adj} [intelligent] | 867 klug | |
| prudent {adj} | 786 klug [besonnen, umsichtig] | |
| sagely {adv} | 710 klug | |
| wise {adj} [prudent, reasonable] | 630 klug [vernünftig] | |
| savvy {adj} [coll.] | 533 klug [mit Köpfchen] | |
| able {adj} | 382 klug [fähig] | |
| cute {adj} [esp. Am.] [coll.] | 355 klug [schlau] | |
| knowledgable {adj} [spv.] [knowledgeable] | 293 klug [sachkundig, bewandert] | |
| sagacious {adj} | 262 klug [verständig, weise] | |
| canny {adj} [clever] | 256 klug [schlau, gerissen] | |
| prudently {adv} | 116 klug | |
| intelligent {adj} | 99 klug | |
| knowledgeable {adj} | 85 klug [sachkundig, bewandert] | |
| prudential {adj} | 69 klug [vernünftig, überlegt] | |
| ingenious {adj} | 59 klug [scharfsinnig] | |
| judicious {adj} | 55 klug [umsichtig, vernünftig] | |
| shrewd {adj} | 41 klug [scharfsinnig] | |
| cleverly {adv} | 39 klug | |
| heady {adj} [scheme, tactics etc.] | 34 klug [Plan, Taktik etc.] | |
| sapient {adj} | 31 klug [weise] | |
| politic {adj} [prudent] | 30 klug [Person, Handlung] | |
| intellectual {adj} | 27 klug | |
| advised {adj} | 22 klug [überlegt, bedachtsam] | |
| discreet {adj} [judicious] | 19 klug [verständig, umsichtig] | |
| understanding {adj} | 12 klug | |
| brightly {adv} [cleverly] | 11 klug | |
| judgmatical {adj} | 6 klug [vernünftig, überlegt] | |
| discreetly {adv} | 5 klug | |
| sagaciously {adv} | 5 klug | |
| wisely {adv} | klug | |
| 2 Words: Others |
| unwise {adj} | nicht klug | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to use clever tactics | klug taktieren | |
| to get smart [coll.] | klug werden | |
| to wise up | klug werden | |
| 3 Words: Others |
| smexy {adj} [coll.] [smart and sexy] | klug und sexy [ugs.] | |
| not a bright thing to do | nicht besonders klug | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to reckon sb. to be wise | jdn. für klug halten | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| wise after the event | klug nach dem Ereignis | |
| She's rather a clever person. | Sie ist ziemlich klug. | |
| idiom none the wiser {adj} | so klug wie zuvor | |
| Does it make sense to you? | Werden Sie daraus klug? [formelle Anrede] | |
| Does this make sense to you? | Werden Sie daraus klug? [formelle Anrede] | |
| Does this make sense to you? [asked to two or more people] | Werdet ihr daraus klug? | |
| Does this make sense to you? [asked to one person] | Wirst du daraus klug? | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to not be able to figure sb. out | aus jdm. nicht klug werden | |
| to be far-seeing | klug und vorausschauend sein | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| proverb You learn from your mistakes. | Aus Schaden wird man klug. | |
| lit. quote And here, poor fool, I stand once more, // No wiser than I was before. [translation: Walter Arndt] | Da steh ich nun, ich armer Tor! // Und bin so klug als wie zuvor. [J. W. v. Goethe, Faust I] | |
| You acted wisely. | Du hast klug daran getan. [geh.] | |
| proverb One learns by experience. | Durch Erfahrung wird man klug. | |
| proverb Adversity is the school of wisdom. | Durch Schaden wird man klug. | |
| He deemed it prudent ... | Er hielt es für klug ... | |
| He thought himself wise. | Er hielt sich für klug. | |
| idiom He can't make head or tail of it. | Er wird daraus nicht klug. | |
| I consider him wise. | Ich halte ihn für klug. | |
| idiom I can make nothing of it. | Ich kann daraus nicht klug werden. | |
| idiom I can't make it out. | Ich kann daraus nicht klug werden. | |
| idiom I cannot make head or tail of it. | Ich kann nicht klug daraus werden. | |
| however clever he may be | mag er auch noch so klug sein | |
| clever as he is | so klug er auch ist | |
| quote Where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise. [Thomas Gray] | Wo Nichtwissen Seligkeit, ist es Torheit, klug zu sein. | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to be anything but clever | alles andere als klug sein | |
| idiom to be unable to make head nor / or tail of sth. | aus etw.Dat. nicht klug / schlau werden | |
| to have the good sense to do sth. | klug genug sein, etw. zu tun | |
| to have sense enough to ... | so klug sein, um zu ... | |
