Humoreske
German, noun/humoˈʁɛskə/
Humoreske is spelled H-U-M-O-R-E-S-K-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humoreske is a German feminine noun meaning “humorous or lighthearted short story” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurze heitere Erzählung”.
What does Humoreske mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehumorous or lighthearted short story
- 2
femininehumoresque (playful composition)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurze heitere Erzählung 2. heiteres Musikstück
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 Humoreske
- Humoresken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Humoreske?
- /humoˈʁɛskə/
- [humoˈʁɛskə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Humoreske
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Humoreske in German?
Humoreske appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).