noun · countable / uncountable · rare

cunning

cunning · cunnings

мистецтво

искусство, умение, хитрость, коварство

Gerissenheit

Practical knowledge or experiencePractical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.

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/ˈkʌnɪŋ/

» Tom is very cunning.

Том очень хитёр.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, uncountable)Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
уме́ниеuménije, иску́сствоiskússtvo
(countable, uncountable)Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit; art or magic.
(countable, uncountable)The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Gerissenheit
кова́рствоkovárstvo, хи́тростьxítrostʹ
(countable, uncountable)The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
the cunning of the fox or hare
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

More definitions

crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Examples

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Tom is very cunning.
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What a cunning man!
deWas für ein schlauer Fuchs!
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What a cunning person!
deWas für ein schlauer Fuchs!
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What a cunning plan!
deWas für ein gerissener Plan!
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Tom is cunning and calculating.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

aptitude:

skill of being sly or deceitful:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

skill of being sly or deceitful:

Origin

From Middle English cunning, kunnyng, partially from Old English *cunning (verbal noun), f

From Middle English cunning, kunnyng, partially from Old English *cunning (verbal noun), from Old English cunnan (“to know how to, be able to”); partially from Old English cunnung (“knowledge, trial, probation, experience, contact, carnal knowledge”), from cunnian (“to search into, try, test, seek for, explore, investigate, experience, have experience of, to make trial of, know”), equivalent to con + -ing.

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