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German-English Dictionary: [clever]

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sharp {adj} [clever, sly]: schlau
gerissen [ugs.] [schlau, auf eigenen Vorteil bedacht]
canny {adj} [clever]: klug [schlau, gerissen]
bright {adj} [clever, intelligent]: gescheit
bright {adj} [coll.] [clever]: helle [ugs.]
fly {adj} [esp. Br.] [clever]: clever
gewieft [ugs.]
gerissen [ugs.] [gewitzt]
sharp {adj} [clever]: pfiffig
smart {adj} [sharp, clever]: aufgeweckt
cute {adj} [esp. Am.] [coll.] [clever, shrewd]: knitz [schwäb.] [badisch] [selten auch: gnitz] [pfiffig, durchtrieben]
[clever and cunning at the same time] {adj}: ausgepicht [ugs.] [(in einem bestimmten Bereich) sehr erfahren und zugleich durchtrieben, raffiniert]
brightish {adj} [coll.] [clever]: ziemlich helle [ugs.] [regional]
crafty {adj} [clever]: gewieft [ugs.]
to snare sth. [get sth. in a clever way or by deceiving people]: sich^Dat. etw.^Akk. unter den Nagel reißen [ugs.] [Redewendung]
brainwave [coll.] [sudden clever idea]: Geistesblitz {m} [ugs.]
Erleuchtung {f} [Geistesblitz]
Gedankenblitz {m} [ugs.]
geniale Idee {f} [Geistesblitz]
comeback [sl.] [clever or effective retort]: Retourkutsche {f} [ugs.]
fox [coll.] [a clever person]: Fuchs {m} [ugs.] [ein durch seine Schläue und Gewitztheit andern überlegener Mensch]
hard-boiled {adj} [fig.] [coll.] [clever]: durchtrieben [pej.]
ausgekocht [ugs.] [pej.]
really clever {adj} [here iron. or pej.] [only putatively clever]: oberschlau [ugs.] [iron. od. pej.] [nur vermeintlich schlau]
really clever {adj} [here iron. or pej.] [regarding oneself as clever]: superschlau [Betonung ' - - - ] [ugs.] [iron. od. pej.] [sich für besonders schlau haltend]
to be bright [fig.] [clever]: hell in der Birne sein [ugs.] [Redewendung]
to be as bright as a button [Br.] [Aus.] [coll.] [be very very clever]: ein helles Köpfchen sein [ugs.] [sehr klug sein]idiom

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