klug

Signification (Anglais)

intelligent, prudent, wise, smart, clever

Concepts

sage

intelligent

raisonnable

prudent

malin

sensé

avisé

habile

prudemment

fin

érudit

brillant

rusé

savant

judicieux

futé

perspicace

sagace

judicieusement

sagement

avec finesse

déliée

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kluːk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle High German kluoc, which was borrowed via the Lower Rhineland from Middle Low German klōk and Middle Dutch cloec, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz. Compare Old Norse klókr, and dialectal Dutch kloek.
In Upper German dialects, the final [k]-sound after a long vowel was naturally interpreted as underlying /ɡ/. This form then also spread back northwards, though some northern Central German dialects (like Ripuarian) retained /k/, as did Low German.