vits

Borrowed from German Witz, from Proto-Germanic *witją, cognate with English wit. Derived from Proto-Germanic *witaną (“to know”) (cf. Danish vide).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋid̥s]

vits c (singular definite vitsen, plural indefinite vitser)

1. joke

• vittighed
• joke

• “vits” in Den Danske Ordbog

vits m

1. plural of vit

From German Witz (“joke”), related to vidd and vittig.

vits m (definite singular vitsen, indefinite plural vitser, definite plural vitsene)

1. point, use

   Hva er vitsen med å forklare alt? – What's the point of explaining everything?

2. a joke, witticism, jest

• vitse
• vitsemaker

• “vits” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Witz (“joke”), related to vidd and vittig.

vits m (definite singular vitsen, indefinite plural vitsar, definite plural vitsane)

1. a joke, witticism, jest
2. point, use

• vitsa, vitse (verb)
• vitsemakar m
• vitseteikning f

• “vits” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• sivt, stiv, vist

Borrowed from German Witz.

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vits c

1. a point

   Vad är vitsen med det?

   What's the point of that?

2. a joke (funny story)

   Synonyms: rolig historia, (joke in the more general sense) skämt

   Nisse drog en rolig vits

   Nisse told a funny joke

• ordlek, skämt

• ordvits

• vitsa

• vits in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vits in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vits in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• svit, vist

• vitz

vits (plural vitsetik)

1. hill
2. mountain

   ta jol - on the mountaintop