Humor
German, noun[huˈmoːɐ̯]
Humor is spelled H-U-M-O-R (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written German, the 2,718th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humor is a German masculine noun meaning “humor (something funny)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gelassene Haltung gegenüber Schwierigkeiten und Missgeschicken”.
What does Humor mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehumor (something funny)
ein Sinn für Humor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gelassene Haltung gegenüber Schwierigkeiten und Missgeschicken 2. Äußerung geprägt von einer (meist positiven) Einstellung 3. (gute) Laune
noun: 1. Humor aquosus ; eine klare Körperflüssigkeit in der vorderen und hinteren Augenkammer
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 Humor
- Humors genitive
- Humore plural
- Humoren dative definite plural
- Humores nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Humor?
- [huˈmoːɐ̯]
- [ˈhuːmoːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Humor
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Humor in German?
Humor appears 30 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).