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Dictionary English → German: wit

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German

edit	NOUN	a wit [witty person] \| wits
	SYNO	card \| wag \| wit \| humor \| humour ...
	card \| wag \| wit humor \| humour \| wit \| witticism \| wittiness brain \| brainpower \| learning ability \| mental capacity \| mentality \| wit namely \| that is to say \| to wit \| videlicet \| viz. © Princeton University

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sb. wotted [archaic past tense from 'to wit']

jd. wusste

Verbs

to wit [archaic]

352

bemerken

Nouns

wit

2025

Verstand {m}

wit

906

Scharfsinnigkeit {f}

wit

815

Witz {m} [Verstand, Geist]

wit

534

Geist {m} [Verstand, Witz]

wit [witty person]

218

Witzbold {m}

wit

Esprit {m}

wit [sl.]

Zeuge {m}

wit

geistige Wendigkeit {f}

wit [person]

geistreicher Mensch {m}

2 Words: Others

to wit {adv}

nämlich

to wit {adv}

und zwar

to wit {adv} [formal or literary]

als da sind [geh.]

to wit {adv} [formal or literary]

als da wären [geh.]

to wit {adv} [that is to say]

das heißt <d. h.> [nämlich]

2 Words: Nouns

after-wit [obs.]

verspätete Einsicht {f}

caustic wit

beißender Witz {m}

dry wit

trockener Humor {m}

half-wit [coll.] [also halfwit]

Trottel {m} [ugs.] [pej.]

keen wit

Scharfsinn {m}

mother wit

Mutterwitz {m}

natural wit

Mutterwitz {m}

quick wit

schnelle Auffassungsgabe {f}

ready wit

Schlagfertigkeit {f}

scintillating wit

sprühender Geist {m}

shrewd wit

durchtriebener Verstand {m}

some wit

irgendein Witzbold {m}

sparkling wit

sprühender Geist {m}

staircase wit [also: esprit de l'escalier or afterwit]

Treppenwitz {m}

swift wit

flinker Verstand {m}

3 Words: Others

sparkling with wit

voller glänzender Einfälle

sparkling with wit {adj} {pres-p} [postpos.]

von Geist sprühend

3 Words: Verbs

to show sparkling wit [rare]

Witz versprühen

3 Words: Nouns

flash of wit

Geistesblitz {m}

lack of wit

Geistlosigkeit {f}

razor-sharp wit

Esprit {m} [literarisch]

titter of wit [Northern Irish]

klein bisschen Verstand {m}

4 Words: Others

proverb Afterwit is everybody's wit.

Hinterher weiß es jeder besser.

4 Words: Nouns

a fireworks of wit

ein Feuerwerk {n} witziger Einfälle

conversation sparkling with wit

vor Witz sprühende Unterhaltung {f}

5+ Words: Others

proverb Brevity is the soul of wit.

In der Kürze liegt die Würze.

I am at my wit's end. [idiom]

Ich bin mit meinem Latein am Ende. [Redewendung]

I am at my wit's end. [idiom]

Ich bin mit meiner Weisheit am Ende. [Redewendung]

I am at my wit's end. [idiom]

Ich weiß (mir) keinen Rat mehr.

5+ Words: Verbs

to be at one's wit's end

nicht mehr weiterwissen

to be at one's wit's end [idiom]

mit seinem Latein am Ende sein [Redewendung]

to be at one's wit's end [idiom]

mit seiner Weisheit am Ende sein [Redewendung]

idiom to live by one's wit / wits

sich (irgendwie) durchschlagen

Fiction (Literature and Film)

lit. F At Wit's End [Erma Bombeck]

Nur der Pudding hört mein Seufzen

RadioTV F Half-Wit [House season 3]

Heiligt der Zweck jedes Mittel?

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Q 2025-10-27: wit's end
A 2017-04-19: wit domain
Q 2017-04-19: wit domain
A 2015-11-11: Mann mit der schnellen Schnauze=? quick with his wit
A 2015-06-23: Collection: +Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor+ -
A 2015-01-21: Wit haben hier schon den
A 2014-09-23: Brevity is the soul of wit - and of good style
A 2014-09-09: there is an "oder" missing. But that is sometimes shifted to the following...
A 2012-10-16: I've not heard afterwit or +afterwit is everyone's wit+ before,
A 2012-04-23: native wit - I like that
A 2012-01-29: agree wit romy:
A 2011-12-23: "biting wit and sharp-tongued polemics against"
A 2011-04-25: "Witzig" has a smaller scope of usage, as it always has the connotation of...
A 2011-02-19: a half-wit
Q 2010-11-29: to uncork one another (with wit and wine)
A 2008-08-04: concurrent wit one of the petrosal bone ?
A 2008-07-27: yes, agree wit Riddle:
A 2007-12-13: half-wit entspricht ziemlich genau dem deutschen "Dödel"
A 2007-07-19: agree wit both godesia and Joanne: window seal
A 2006-07-05: wit apologies to Allan (I have just finished translating a minute ago)

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