Witz

See also: witz and -witz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).

Cognate to English wit, archaic Dutch wit, akin to Old Saxon giwit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vɪt͡s/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Witz m (strong, genitive Witzes, plural Witze, diminutive Witzchen n)

  1. wit
  2. joke
    Synonym: Scherz
    über einen Witz lachen
    to laugh at a joke
  3. humour

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Hyponyms

Derived terms
  • Witzblatt
  • Witzbold
  • Witzfigur
  • Witzseite
  • Witzwort

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: виц (vic)
  • → Danish: vits
  • → Finnish: vitsi
  • → Hungarian: vicc
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • → Macedonian: виц (vic)
  • → Norwegian: vits
  • → Saterland Frisian: Wits
  • → Serbo-Croatian: vic
  • → Polish: wic
  • → Silesian: wic
  • → Slovene: vic
  • → Swedish: vits
  • → Ukrainian: віц (vic)

See also

Further reading
  • “Witz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Witz” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Witz” in Duden online
  • “Witz” in OpenThesaurus.de
  • Witz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German witze, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vit͡s/

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. wit
  2. joke

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German witze, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją.

Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), English wit, Dutch wit, Icelandic vit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vit͡s/

Noun

Witz m (plural Witzen or Witzer)

  1. joke
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