Polyglot Dictionary

Scherz

/ʃɛʁts/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Scherze

Meaning

  1. joke, prank

    Close to Witz, but Scherz leans toward a playful prank rather than a joke told aloud.

    • Das war nur ein Scherz!

      That was just a joke!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Witz

Witz is a joke told aloud, often with a punchline; Scherz leans toward a playful prank or jest.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

travesura

travesura is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "joke, prank."

Practice

1 What does Scherz mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das war nur ein ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Scherz?

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