See Witz in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzchen"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzelei"
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{
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"word": "witzeln"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "witzig"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzigkeit"
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"word": "Witzling"
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"2": "виц",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: виц (vic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: виц (vic)"
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "vitsi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: vitsi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: vitsi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "vicc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: vicc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: vicc"
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "Witz",
"bor": "1"
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"name": "desc"
}
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"text": "→ Low German: Witz"
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{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
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"bor": "1"
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"expansion": "→ Macedonian: виц (vic)",
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"text": "→ Macedonian: виц (vic)"
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"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Wits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saterland Frisian: Wits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saterland Frisian: Wits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "vic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: vic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: vic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "wic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: wic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "szl",
"2": "wic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Silesian: wic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Silesian: wic"
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{
"depth": 1,
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{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "vic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: vic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: vic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "віц",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: віц (vic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: віц (vic)"
}
],
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"1": "de",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-"
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"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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"2": "gmh",
"3": "witz"
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"expansion": "Middle High German witz",
"name": "inh"
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{
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"1": "de",
"2": "goh",
"3": "wizzi"
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"name": "inh"
},
{
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*witi"
},
"expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *witi",
"name": "inh"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*witją"
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{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "English wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "giwit"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon giwit",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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{
"form": "Witze",
"tags": [
"plural"
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
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{
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"tags": [
"table-tags"
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{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
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{
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"nominative",
"singular"
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{
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"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
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"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witz",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witz",
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"accusative",
"singular"
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{
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"definite",
"plural"
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}
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}
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"word": "Antiwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Blondinenwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Flüsterwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Insiderwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Mantawitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Mutterwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Schottenwitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Seemannswitz"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Treppenwitz"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzblatt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzbold"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzfigur"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzseite"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Witzwort"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Anekdote"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Kalauer"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Zote"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "Gag"
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"english": "to laugh at a joke",
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"strong"
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{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "1 69 9 20",
"kind": "other",
"name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "3 61 10 11 12 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 3 entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"_dis": "2 73 7 8 8 2",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
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{
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"type": "example"
}
],
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[
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"colloquial",
"derogatory",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "de",
"name": "Comedy",
"orig": "de:Comedy",
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"Drama",
"Theater",
"Art",
"Entertainment",
"Culture",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
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"wit, humour"
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[
"wit",
"wit"
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[
"humour",
"humour"
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],
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"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
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{
"english": "So what was the point of doing all that?",
"text": "Was war jetzt der Witz der ganzen Aktion?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is strong, that much I'll admit; but not too strong. It being strong is exactly the point of all this, after all.",
"ref": "1899, Theodor Fontane, Der Stechling, page 257:",
"text": "Stark ist es, so viel geb' ich zu; aber nicht zu stark. Daß es stark ist, das ist ja eben der Witz von der Sache.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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],
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[
"point",
"point"
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[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
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"(colloquial) point, purpose (the central idea or aspect that makes something worthwhile)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sinn"
}
],
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"colloquial",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "/vɪt͡s/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Witz.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/De-Witz.ogg/De-Witz.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/De-Witz.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Witz"
}
{
"categories": [
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"German lemmas",
"German masculine nouns",
"German nouns",
"German terms derived from Middle High German",
"German terms derived from Old High German",
"German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weyd-",
"German terms inherited from Middle High German",
"German terms inherited from Old High German",
"German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"de:Comedy"
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"word": "gewitzt"
},
{
"word": "vorwitzig"
},
{
"word": "Witzchen"
},
{
"word": "Witzelei"
},
{
"word": "witzeln"
},
{
"word": "witzig"
},
{
"word": "Witzigkeit"
},
{
"word": "Witzling"
},
{
"word": "witzlos"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "bg",
"2": "виц",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Bulgarian: виц (vic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Bulgarian: виц (vic)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Danish: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Danish: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "vitsi",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: vitsi",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: vitsi"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "hu",
"2": "vicc",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Hungarian: vicc",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Hungarian: vicc"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "Witz",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Low German: Witz",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Low German: Witz"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "mk",
"2": "виц",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Macedonian: виц (vic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Macedonian: виц (vic)"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Norwegian: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Norwegian: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "stq",
"2": "Wits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Saterland Frisian: Wits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Saterland Frisian: Wits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sh",
"2": "vic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: vic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: vic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "pl",
"2": "wic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Polish: wic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Polish: wic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "szl",
"2": "wic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Silesian: wic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Silesian: wic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sl",
"2": "vic",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Slovene: vic",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Slovene: vic"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "vits",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Swedish: vits",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Swedish: vits"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "uk",
"2": "віц",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Ukrainian: віц (vic)",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Ukrainian: віц (vic)"
}
],
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"1": "de",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "root"
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"2": "gmh",
"3": "witz"
},
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"name": "inh"
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"2": "goh",
"3": "wizzi"
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"2": "gmw-pro",
"3": "*witi"
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"name": "inh"
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"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*witją"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*weyd-",
"4": "",
"5": "see, know"
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"name": "der"
},
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "English wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "wit"
},
"expansion": "Dutch wit",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "osx",
"2": "giwit"
},
"expansion": "Old Saxon giwit",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witzchen",
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"diminutive",
"neuter"
]
},
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Witz",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witzes",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witz",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witzen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Witz",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Witze",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
}
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}
],
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{
"word": "Antiwitz"
},
{
"word": "Blondinenwitz"
},
{
"word": "Flüsterwitz"
},
{
"word": "Insiderwitz"
},
{
"word": "Mantawitz"
},
{
"word": "Mutterwitz"
},
{
"word": "Schottenwitz"
},
{
"word": "Seemannswitz"
},
{
"word": "Treppenwitz"
}
],
"inflection_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"name": "de-ndecl"
}
],
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Witzblatt"
},
{
"word": "Witzbold"
},
{
"word": "Witzfigur"
},
{
"word": "Witzseite"
},
{
"word": "Witzwort"
},
{
"word": "Anekdote"
},
{
"word": "Kalauer"
},
{
"word": "Zote"
},
{
"word": "Gag"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "to laugh at a joke",
"text": "über einen Witz lachen",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joke"
],
"links": [
[
"joke",
"joke"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Scherz"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German colloquialisms",
"German derogatory terms",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The exam is a joke, literally everyone passes.",
"text": "Die Prüfung ist ein Witz, die besteht wirklich jeder.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"joke (something that is not taken seriously due to being very easy, very ineffective, or very arbitrary)"
],
"links": [
[
"derogatory",
"derogatory"
],
[
"joke",
"joke"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial, chiefly derogatory) joke (something that is not taken seriously due to being very easy, very ineffective, or very arbitrary)"
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"derogatory",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"wit, humour"
],
"links": [
[
"wit",
"wit"
],
[
"humour",
"humour"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German colloquialisms",
"German terms with quotations",
"German terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "So what was the point of doing all that?",
"text": "Was war jetzt der Witz der ganzen Aktion?",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "It is strong, that much I'll admit; but not too strong. It being strong is exactly the point of all this, after all.",
"ref": "1899, Theodor Fontane, Der Stechling, page 257:",
"text": "Stark ist es, so viel geb' ich zu; aber nicht zu stark. Daß es stark ist, das ist ja eben der Witz von der Sache.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"point, purpose (the central idea or aspect that makes something worthwhile)"
],
"links": [
[
"point",
"point"
],
[
"purpose",
"purpose"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) point, purpose (the central idea or aspect that makes something worthwhile)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Sinn"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/vɪt͡s/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Witz.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a1/De-Witz.ogg/De-Witz.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/De-Witz.ogg"
}
],
"word": "Witz"
}
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