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Antiwitz

German, noun/ˈantiˌvɪt͡s/

Antiwitz is a German masculine noun meaning “antijoke (story that sounds like a joke, but has no punchline)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “witzartige Erzählung, die mindestens ein Charakteristikum des klassischen Witzes (logischer Zusammenhang…”.

What does Antiwitz mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineantijoke (story that sounds like a joke, but has no punchline)

  2. 2

    masculinesynonym of Flachwitz (“joke whose punchline is corny and stupid, possibly deliberately so”)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. witzartige Erzählung, die mindestens ein Charakteristikum des klassischen Witzes (logischer Zusammenhang, Vorhandensein einer Pointe etc.) absichtlich missachtet

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Antiwitz

  • Antiwitzes genitive
  • Antiwitze plural
  • Antiwitzen dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Antiwitz?

  • /ˈantiˌvɪt͡s/
  • [ˈantiˌvɪt͡s]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.