Joke

See also: joke

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjoː.kə/

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• Hyphenation: Jo‧ke

Proper noun

Joke f

1. a female given name, diminutive of Jo

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   (extract uit De Leidse sleutelgaten's song "Joke stop toch met koken"): Joke, stop toch met koken. Kom uit de keuken, mijn lieve Joke. Stop toch met koken, kom uit de keuken. Want ik wil gezellig samen met je neu…tronenbommenstickers op m’n nieuwe tas gaan plakken.

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German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English joke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒou̯k/

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Noun

Joke m (strong, genitive Jokes, plural Jokes)

1. (colloquial or slang) Synonym of Witz

Declension

Declension of Joke [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Joke	die	Jokes
genitive	eines	des	Jokes	der	Jokes
dative	einem	dem	Joke	den	Jokes
accusative	einen	den	Joke	die	Jokes

Derived terms

• joken (“to joke”, verb)
• Jokus

Further reading

• “Joke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Joke” in Duden online