witzeln
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvɪtsl̩n]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: wit‧zeln
Verb
witzeln (weak, third-person singular present witzelt, past tense witzelte, past participle gewitzelt, auxiliary haben)
- to make jokes, to make silly jokes, to joke
- 1909, Eduard von Keyserling, Seine Liebeserfahrung, in: Bunte Herzen, S. Fischer Verlag, page 224:
- Spall war sehr unterhaltend. Er witzelte beständig und machte den alten Herrn lachen.
- Spall was very entertaining. He continuously made jokes and made the old man laugh.
- 1909, Eduard von Keyserling, Seine Liebeserfahrung, in: Bunte Herzen, S. Fischer Verlag, page 224:
Conjugation
Conjugation of witzeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | witzeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | witzelnd | ||||
| past participle | gewitzelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich witzle ich witzele ich witzel |
wir witzeln | i | ich witzele ich witzle |
wir witzeln |
| du witzelst | ihr witzelt | du witzelest du witzlest |
ihr witzelet ihr witzlet | ||
| er witzelt | sie witzeln | er witzele er witzle |
sie witzeln | ||
| preterite | ich witzelte | wir witzelten | ii | ich witzelte1 | wir witzelten1 |
| du witzeltest | ihr witzeltet | du witzeltest1 | ihr witzeltet1 | ||
| er witzelte | sie witzelten | er witzelte1 | sie witzelten1 | ||
| imperative | witzle (du) witzel (du) witzele (du) |
witzelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of witzeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
- Witzeln
- Witzelei
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