Witz

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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)

wit
joke
Synonym: Scherz

über einen Witz lachen
to laugh at a joke
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

Related terms

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)

wit
joke

Further reading

Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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)

joke

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