German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German geschicket (arranged, prepared, ready, suitable).[1]

Pronunciation

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Participle

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geschickt

  1. past participle of schicken

Adjective

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geschickt (strong nominative masculine singular geschickter, comparative geschickter, superlative am geschicktesten)

  1. adept, habile, skillful, clever
    Antonyms: ungeschickt, unbeholfen, tollpatschig
    Mit Hilfe eines geschickten Marketings wuchs das Unternehmen schnell.
    The company grew rapidly with the help of some clever marketing.

Declension

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Adverb

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geschickt

  1. adeptly, skillfully
    Synonyms: gekonnt, gewandt, fingerfertig
    geschickt miteinander verbindento combine skillfully

References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “geschickt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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  • geschickt” in Duden online
  • geschickt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache