listig
cunning; sly
English translations
- 01
cannily
- 02
cunning
- 03
wily
Word details
- German meaning
- Listig bedeutet schlau, gerissen und darauf bedacht, andere durch Tricks zu überlisten.
- English meaning
- Cunning means clever, sly, and intent on outsmarting others through tricks.
- Synonym
- schlau, gerissen
- German example
- Der Fuchs ist ein listiges Tier.
- English example
- The fox is a cunning animal.
- Comparative
- listigerSuperlative: am listigsten
Related words
- Listigkeit
viscosity
- Arglistigkeit
artfulness
- Arglistigkeit
cunning
- Arglistigkeit
guile
- hinterlistig
devious
- hinterlistig
deviousious
- Listigkeit
Cunning refers to the quality of being clever and devious in order to achieve a goal.
- Arglistigkeit
Deceitfulness, Fraudulence
- hinterlistig
devious
- Hinterlistigkeit
Deviousness
- arglistig
Deceitful
- hinterfotzig
listig
- cannily
listig
- hinterfotzig
hinterlistig
- dastardly
hinterlistig
- verschlagen
Cunning
- betrügerisch
fraudulent, deceptive
- jesuitisch
Jesuitical
- Fuchs
Fox
- listrisch
Cunning
- Gerissenheit
Cunning
- Hinterfotzigkeit
Deviousness, underhandedness
- Abgefeimtheit
cunning; craftiness; guile
- personifizieren
Personify
- anzetteln
To instigate, to provoke
- intrigieren
To intrigue, to scheme
- hinterfotzig
Sly, cunning
- fintenreich
Full of feints, rich in tricks; someone or something that uses many and sophisticated deception maneuvers or tricks.
- trickreich
Tricky, cunning
- betrüglich
deceptive
- abkarten
To conspire, to plot
- intrigant
scheming, conniving
- gerissen
Cunning
- tückisch
treacherous
- gefinkelt
Cunning, sly, crafty
- meuchlerisch
treacherous, insidious
- unterschlächtig
Underhanded, devious
- verschmitzt
mischievous
- Intrigant
Intriguer
- verschlagen
Cunning
- Perfidie
Perfidy
- Ränkeschmied
Intriguer, schemer
- Kanaille
Rascal
- Verschlagenheit
Cunning
Example sentences with “listig”
Der listige Fuchs hat die Falle umgangen. (The cunning fox avoided the trap.)
Frequently asked questions
Is it always negative?
Usually, but sometimes it implies cleverness.