"vits" meaning in Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

Forms: vitsen [definite, singular], vitser [indefinite, plural], vitsene [definite, plural]
Etymology: From German Witz (“joke”), related to vidd and vittig. Etymology templates: {{der|nb|de|Witz||joke}} German Witz (“joke”), {{m|nb|vidd}} vidd, {{m|nb|vittig}} vittig
  1. point, use Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vits-nb-noun--fh~E33Y
  2. a joke, witticism, jest Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-vits-nb-noun-UMmXZJ6c
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vitse, vitsemaker

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for vits meaning in Norwegian Bokmål (1.1kB)

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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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    {
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        "1": "nb",
        "2": "de",
        "3": "Witz",
        "4": "",
        "5": "joke"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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        "2": "vittig"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From German Witz (“joke”), related to vidd and vittig.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vitsen",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitser",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vitsene",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
  "lang_code": "nb",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hva er vitsen med å forklare alt? – What's the point of explaining everything?"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "point, use"
      ],
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        ],
        [
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        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    },
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        "a joke, witticism, jest"
      ],
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      "links": [
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          "joke"
        ],
        [
          "witticism",
          "witticism"
        ],
        [
          "jest",
          "jest"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "word": "vitsemaker"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "vitsene",
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        "definite",
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    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hva er vitsen med å forklare alt? – What's the point of explaining everything?"
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      ],
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      ],
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          "use",
          "use"
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "a joke, witticism, jest"
      ],
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          "joke"
        ],
        [
          "witticism",
          "witticism"
        ],
        [
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          "jest"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "vits"
}

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