vitz
/ˈvɪt͡s/noun
vitz is a noun meaning “joke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-T-Z, and it appears about once in every 35 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of vitz is vitzes or vitzen.
What does vitz mean?
noun
- 1
joke
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vitz?
- US /ˈvɪt͡s/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vitz
- vitzes plural
- vitzen plural
- vitzn plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vitz?
Vitz appears about once in every 35 million words in written English, the 180,281st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vitz come from?
Borrowed from Yiddish וויץ (vitz, “joke”). Compare German Witz and English wit.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).