A2Vocabulary

Witz

In German

Witz

vits
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano

Don't Get Confused!

Looks like
Wits
In English means: "The capacity for inventive thought and quick understanding; intelligence"
Actually means
Witz
Joke
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Memory Tip
A German 'Witz' is something funny, a 'joke', not your 'wits' (intelligence). You tell a 'Witz', you don't use your 'Witz' to solve a problem.

Example Sentences

1

Erzähl mir einen Witz.

Tell me a joke.

2

Sein Witz ist sehr trocken.

His humor (joke) is very dry.

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