B1verb · transitive · common

joke

joke · jokes · joked · joking

жартувати

шутить, пошутить

Spaß machen, Witze machen, scherzen, witzeln

To do or say something for amusement rather than seriouslyTo do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.

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UK/ˈd͡ʒəʊ̯k/US/ˈd͡ʒoʊ̯k/

» It is nothing but a joke.

Es ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80

Это всего лишь шутка. — drnm2

Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak

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Meaning

3 senses

(intransitive)To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
I didn’t mean what I said — I was only joking.
(intransitive)To dupe in a friendly manner for amusement; to mess with, play with.
Relax, man, I'm just joking with you.
scherzen, Witze machen, Spaß machen
шути́тьšutítʹ, пошути́тьpošutítʹ
жартува́тиžartuváty
(dated, transitive)To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.
to joke a comrade

More definitions

act in a funny or teasing way
tell a joke; speak humorously

Examples

1882 sentences

It is nothing but a joke.
Це лише жарт. — aandrusiak
ruЭто всего лишь шутка. — drnm2
deEs ist bloß ein Witz. — xtofu80
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It was nothing but a joke.
Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese
ruЭто была всего лишь шутка. — Arkadeko
deEs war nur ein Witz. — Kerstin
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I meant it as a joke.
Це був лише жарт. — shanghainese
ruЯ просто пошутил. — marafon
deDas sollte ein Witz sein. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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They all laughed at his jokes.
Всі вони сміялись над його жартами. — Oleksandr_Tahayev
ruВсе они смеялись над его шутками. — marafon
deSie haben alle über seine Witze gelacht. — Dejo
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Tom never tells off-color jokes.
Том ніколи не розповідає непристойні жарти. — deniko
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

do for amusement:

Русский

By meaning 1

do for amusement:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

do for amusement:

Origin

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) sayi

From Latin iocus (“joke, jest, pastime”), from Proto-Italic *jokos (“word, (playful?) saying”), from Proto-Indo-European *yokos (“word, utterance”), from ultimate root Proto-Indo-European *yek- (“to speak, utter”) (of which distant cognates include Proto-Celtic *yextis (“language”) (Breton yezh (“language”) and Welsh iaith (“language”)) and German Beichte (“confession”)). Cognate with French jeu, Italian gioco, Portuguese jogo, Spanish juego, Romanian joc, English Yule, Danish Jule, Norwegian Bokmål Jul, Swedish Jul, and Norwegian Nynorsk jol.

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