Hansdampf in allen Gassen
Jack Steam in all the lanes. Duden defines a Hansdampf as someone who knows about everything, often only on the surface, and keeps busy with many things.
Wer vil handtwerk kan, der wird zuletzt ein armer man.
Whoever knows many trades will be a poor man in the end. Thomas Murner wrote it in his Schelmenzunft in the early sixteenth century.
Zehn Handwerke, das elfte der Bettelstab.
Ten trades, and the eleventh is the beggar’s staff.
Zwölf Handwerke, dreizehn Unglücke.
Twelve trades, thirteen misfortunes.
Tausendsassa
Roughly a thousand hurrahs, from an old cry of encouragement. Duden defines it as a person of many talents who is admired. It is the one word in the group that praises breadth.