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Summary

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guile:
- Schlauheit; Listigkeit; Geschliffenheit
Wiktionary:
- guile → Gerissenheit, Tücke, List
- guile → List

English

Detailed Translations for guile from English to German

guile:

guile [the ~] nom

the guile (slyness; cunning; wiliness; craftiness)
die Schlauheit; die Listigkeit; die Geschliffenheit
- Schlauheit [die ~] nom
- Listigkeit [die ~] nom
- Geschliffenheit [die ~] nom

Translation Matrix for guile:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Geschliffenheit	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	acumen; acuteness; cunning; discernment; down to the minutest details; keen perception; nicety; sagacity; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness
Listigkeit	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	cleverness; cunning; sagacity; shrewdness; slyness
Schlauheit	craftiness; cunning; guile; slyness; wiliness	acumen; acuteness; adeptness; cleverness; cunning; discernment; down to the minutest details; intelligence; keen perception; nicety; quick-wittedness; sagacity; sharp-mindedness; sharpness; shrewdness; slyness; subtlety; trick
-	chicane; chicanery; craft; craftiness; cunning; deceitfulness; foxiness; shenanigan; slyness; trickery; wile; wiliness

Synonyms for "guile":

craft; craftiness; cunning; foxiness; slyness; wiliness; shrewdness; astuteness; perspicacity; perspicaciousness
deceitfulness; disingenuousness
trickery; chicanery; chicane; wile; shenanigan; deception; deceit; dissembling; dissimulation

Related Definitions for "guile":

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)¹
the quality of being crafty¹
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception¹

Wiktionary Translations for guile:

guile

noun

astuteness, cunning
- guile → Gerissenheit

guile

noun

eine nicht auf den ersten Blick erkennbare, verborgen feindselige Absicht, die sich erst bei scharfem Durchblick offenbart
- Tücke → guile
zählbar: schlauer Plan, ein bestimmtes Ziel mithilfe einer Täuschung zu erreichen
- List → wile; guile; trick

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• guile	→ List	↔ ruse — Procédé ingénieux

Related Translations for guile

woman's guile

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University