Borrowed fromGermanWitz, fromProto-Germanic*witją, cognate withEnglishwit. Derived fromProto-Germanic*witaną(“to know”) (cf.Danishvide).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʋid̥s]

vits c (singular definitevitsen,plural indefinitevitser)

1. joke

• vittighed
• joke

• “vits” inDen Danske Ordbog

vits m

1. plural ofvit

FromGermanWitz(“joke”), related tovidd andvittig.

vits m (definite singularvitsen,indefinite pluralvitser,definite pluralvitsene)

1. point,use

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

2. ajoke,witticism,jest

• vitse
• vitsemaker

• “vits” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

FromGermanWitz(“joke”), related tovidd andvittig.

vits m (definite singularvitsen,indefinite pluralvitsar,definite pluralvitsane)

1. ajoke,witticism,jest
2. point,use

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

• “vits” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

• sivt,stiv,vist

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vits c

1. apoint

   Vad ärvitsen med det?

   What'sthe point of that?

2. ajoke (funny story)

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

   Nisse drog en roligvits

   Nisse told a funnyjoke

• ordlek,skämt

• ordvits

• vitsa

• vits inSvensk ordbok (SO)
• vits inSvenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vits inSvenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• svit,vist

• vitz

vits (pluralvitsetik)

1. hill
2. mountain

   tajolvits - on themountaintop

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