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Meet der Witz

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All 4 meanings

  1. joke
  2. (colloquial, chiefly derogatory) joke (something that is not taken seriously, e.g. due to being very easy, very ineffective, or very arbitrary)
  3. wit, humour
  4. (informal) point, purpose (the central idea or aspect that makes something worthwhile)

Meanings from Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Forms

How the article changes

For der Witz, use the coloured columns: masculine and plural.

der, die, das
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativederdiedasdie
accusativedendiedasdie
dativedemderdemden
ein, kein, mein: ein has no plural. mein, dein, sein, ihr, unser… end like kein.
Casemasculinefeminineneuterplural
nominativeeineineeinkeine
accusativeeineneineeinkeine
dativeeinemeinereinemkeinen

Plural die Witze · Dative plural den Witzen

Examples

  1. 1
    Der gute Witz gefällt den Kindern.The good joke appeals to the children.Nominative · subjectPractise „gut“ →
  2. 2
    Ich erzähle einen kurzen Witz meiner Schwester.I tell a short joke to my sister.Accusative · erzählenPractise „kurz“ →
  3. 3
    Wir beginnen mit dem bekannten Witz.We begin with the well-known joke.Dative · mitPractise „bekannt“ →
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