"Treppenwitz" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Treppenwitz.ogg
Etymology: From Treppe (“stairs, steps”) + -n- + Witz (“wit”), a calque of French esprit de l’escalier. Etymology templates: {{affix|de|Treppe|-n-|Witz|gloss1=stairs, steps|gloss3=wit}} Treppe (“stairs, steps”) + -n- + Witz (“wit”), {{calque|de|fr|esprit de l'escalier|nocap=1}} calque of French esprit de l’escalier Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Treppenwitz m (strong, genitive Treppenwitzes, plural Treppenwitze) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Treppenwitzes [genitive], Treppenwitze [plural], strong [table-tags], Treppenwitz [nominative, singular], Treppenwitze [definite, nominative, plural], Treppenwitzes [genitive, singular], Treppenwitze [definite, genitive, plural], Treppenwitz [dative, singular], Treppenwitze [dative, singular], Treppenwitzen [dative, definite, plural], Treppenwitz [accusative, singular], Treppenwitze [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (fairly rare) staircase wit; l'esprit de l'escalier; a remark or rejoinder thought of only when it is too late Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Treppenwitz-de-noun-gCRkLyPH Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms interfixed with -n- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of German terms interfixed with -n-: 70 30
  2. (more common) an ironic and absurd coincidence; something that, if it were not true, would seem like a bad joke Tags: common, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Treppenwitz-de-noun-mg4eK9i1

Inflected forms

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