witzeln

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvɪtsl̩n]
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  • Hyphenation: wit‧zeln

Verb

witzeln (weak, third-person singular present witzelt, past tense witzelte, past participle gewitzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to make jokes, to make silly jokes, to joke
    • 1909, Eduard von Keyserling, “Seine Liebeserfahrung”, in Bunte Herzen, S. Fischer Verlag, page 224:
      Spall war sehr unterhaltend. Er witzelte beständig und machte den alten Herrn lachen.
      Spall was very entertaining. He continuously made jokes and made the old man laugh.

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Further reading

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