gewieft
German, adjective[ɡəˈviːft]
gewieft is spelled G-E-W-I-E-F-T (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gewieft is a German adjective meaning “cunning” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus Erfahrung schlau, geschickt”.
What does gewieft mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cunning
ein gewiefter Plan
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. aus Erfahrung schlau, geschickt
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 gewieft
- gewiefter masculine nominative singular
- am gewieftesten superlative
- gewiefte feminine nominative singular
- gewieftes neuter nominative singular
- gewieften genitive masculine singular
- gewieftem dative masculine singular
- der gewiefte definite includes-article masculine
- die gewiefte definite feminine includes-article
- das gewiefte definite includes-article neuter
- die gewieften definite includes-article nominative
- des gewieften definite genitive includes-article
- der gewieften definite feminine genitive
- dem gewieften dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gewieft?
- [ɡəˈviːft]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gewieft
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gewieft in German?
gewieft appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).