Du hast Köpfchen

Meaning: You're sharp and clever — you use your brain well.

Language: German

Literally: You have a little head

Category: Compliment

Origin: German colloquial compliment; the affectionate diminutive makes it warm rather than dry.

More compliments & insults — Compliment

Du bist klasse — You're brilliant — excellent, impressive, top-notch.
気が利く (ki ga kiku) — You're perceptive and considerately thoughtful — you notice what people need before they…
できる人 (dekiru hito) — Said of someone highly capable and impressive — the kind of person who makes things happe…
懐が深い (futokoro ga fukai) — You're broad-minded, generous of spirit, and able to embrace the complexity of others wit…
Você é um amor — You're a sweetheart — warm, caring, and impossible not to like.
Você tem muita garra — You have fierce, relentless determination — you claw your way through any obstacle.

Faulpelz — A lazybones — someone who lounges around and avoids any effort, as warm and inert as a fu…
Griesgram — A perpetual grump who radiates dissatisfaction and sucks the joy out of every room.
Pantoffelheld — A man who is only bold and brave at home — a henpecked pushover who bluster turns into a…
Schlauberger — A know-it-all smartass who never misses a chance to show off their cleverness.
Dickkopf — A pig-headed, unyielding person — their skull is so thick no new idea can penetrate it.
Du bist nicht die hellste Kerze auf der Torte — You're a little dim — not the smartest in the room.

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