schlau

Significat (anglès)

clever in a way that enables one to achieve one's goals; slightly sly or cunning (but not usually implying any evil intentions)
(informal) bright, intelligent, clever (with no such overtone at all)

listig

gewitzt

schlaukopf

pffifig

schurkisch

ausgebufft

ausgetüftelt

mit allen Wassern gewaschen

abgerichtet

rechtshändig

Stierkämpfer

taktvoll

welterfahren

Freqüència

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃlaʊ̯/

Borrowed from Middle Low German slû, whence probably also Dutch sluw. Further origin uncertain. Probably from a Proto-Germanic *slūhaz (“sneaking, creeping”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leuǵ (“to crawl, slide”), if the original sense referred to sneaking and sliding. Related with Dutch sluiken (“to creep, smuggle, act clandestinely”). In spite of the near-identity in meaning and form, English sly is in all likelihood not related.