Was heißt »Joke« auf Englisch?

Das Substantiv »Joke« lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • joke

Synonyme

Bon­mot:
bon mot
witticism
Epi­gramm:
epigram
Gag:
gag
Geis­tes­blitz:
brainstorm
brainwave
scintillation
Poin­te:
punch line
punchline
Spaß:
amusement
entertainment
fun
humour
Spruch:
saying
Ulk:
gag
Witz:
gag
Wort­witz:
play on words
pun
wordplay

Sinnverwandte Wörter

Flachs:
flax
Ka­lau­er:
corny joke
groaner
sa­lopp:
casual
sloppy
Scho­te:
silique
Zo­te:
dirty joke

Antonyme

Ernst:
austerity
earnestness
gravity
seriousness

Englische Beispielsätze

  • I wish it were all a joke.

  • That's nothing to joke about.

  • Unfortunately it's not a joke, but the sad reality.

  • Tell me a typical Japanese joke.

  • Tom's joke was hilarious.

  • The joke Tom told was hilarious.

  • The whole class burst out laughing at Tom's joke.

  • It was supposed to be a joke.

  • It was intended as a joke.

  • It was meant to be a joke.

  • Only when she started to laugh did I realise that it was meant to be a joke.

  • Tom thought it was a joke, but no one was laughing.

  • Tom didn't realise the joke was on him.

  • "Is that a joke?" "I wish it was. I'm afraid it's the sad reality."

  • The students laughed their heads off at Tom's joke.

  • Tom isn't a good joke teller.

  • At first I thought it was a joke, but then I realised he meant it.

  • You know how to take a joke.

  • You can take a joke.

  • This is a really stupid joke.

Übergeordnete Begriffe

Er­zäh­lung:
story
tale

Untergeordnete Begriffe

Poin­te:
punch line
punchline

Joke übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: Joke. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2023, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Synonyme] OpenThesaurus-User: Joke. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2023, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. [Beispielübersetzungen] User-generated content: Satz Nr. 11259570, 11229774, 11222682, 11165858, 11135042, 11135041, 11099782, 11074079, 11074078, 11074076, 11035568, 10794653, 10778512, 10778406, 10737112, 10627371, 10589250, 10567953, 10567952 & 10483362. In: tatoeba.org, CC BY 2.0 FR