clever
German, adjective[ˈklɛvɐ]
clever is spelled C-L-E-V-E-R (6 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clever is a German adjective meaning “clever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlau, gewitzt”.
What does clever mean in English?
adjective
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clever
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. schlau, gewitzt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of clever
- cleverer masculine nominative singular
- clevrer comparative
- am cleversten superlative
- clevere feminine nominative singular
- cleveres neuter nominative singular
- cleveren genitive masculine singular
- cleverem dative masculine singular
- der clevere definite includes-article masculine
- die clevere definite feminine includes-article
- das clevere definite includes-article neuter
- die cleveren definite includes-article nominative
- des cleveren definite genitive includes-article
- der cleveren definite feminine genitive
- dem cleveren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clever?
- [ˈklɛvɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clever
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clever in German?
clever appears 6.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).