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
Declension of Witz [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Witz die Witze
genitive eines des Witzes der Witze
dative einem dem Witz, Witze1 den Witzen
accusative einen den Witz die Witze

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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

Descendants
  • → Bulgarian: виц (vic)
  • → Danish: vits
  • → Finnish: vitsi
  • → Hungarian: vicc
  • → Low German: Witz
  • → 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

Witz m (plural Witz)

  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 German Witz, English wit, Dutch wit, Icelandic vit.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vit͡s/

Noun

Witz m (plural Witzer)

  1. joke
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