klug
German, adjective/kluːk/
klug is spelled K-L-U-G (4 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klug is a German adjective meaning “intelligent, prudent, wise, smart, clever” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit scharfem Verstand und logischem Denkvermögen ausgestattet; mit gut entwickelter Denkfähigkeit”.
What does klug mean in English?
adjective
- 1
intelligent, prudent, wise, smart, clever
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit scharfem Verstand und logischem Denkvermögen ausgestattet; mit gut entwickelter Denkfähigkeit 2. gut durchdacht
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 klug
- kluger masculine nominative singular
- klüger comparative
- am klügsten superlative
- kluge feminine nominative singular
- kluges neuter nominative singular
- klugen genitive masculine singular
- klugem dative masculine singular
- der kluge definite includes-article masculine
- die kluge definite feminine includes-article
- das kluge definite includes-article neuter
- die klugen definite includes-article nominative
- des klugen definite genitive includes-article
- der klugen definite feminine genitive
- dem klugen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce klug?
- /kluːk/
- /kluːx/
- [kluːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to klug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is klug in German?
klug appears 13 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).