scherzen

See also: Scherzen and schërzen

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German *skërzan (“to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest”), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɛʁt͡sn̩/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: scher‧zen

Verb

scherzen (weak, third-person singular present scherzt, past tense scherzte, past participle gescherzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to joke; to jest; to frolic

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • → Danish: skærtse

Further reading
  • “scherzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “scherzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “scherzen” in Duden online
  • “scherzen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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