JESTING - Translation from English into German

English

German

I. jest·ing [ˈʤestɪŋ] N

jesting

Scherzen nt

jesting

Gewitzel nt pej

II. jest·ing [ˈʤestɪŋ] ADJ

jesting

scherzhaft

his jesting remarks were not appreciated

seine Witzeleien waren nicht willkommen

I. jest [ʤest] N form

1. jest (utterance):

jest

Scherz m <-es, -e>

jest

Witz m <-es, -e>

2. jest (mood):

jest

Spaß m <-es>

to do/say [or speak] sth in jest

etw im Spaß tun/sagen

Phrases:

there's many a true word spoken in jest prov

im Spaß wird viel Wahres gesagt

II. jest [ʤest] VB intr form

jest

spaßen

jest

scherzen

to jest about sth

sich acc über etw acc lustig machen

to jest with sb

mit jdm Späße treiben

German

English

im Scherz

in jest liter

Present

I	jest
you	jest
he/she/it	jests
we	jest
you	jest
they	jest

Past

I	jested
you	jested
he/she/it	jested
we	jested
you	jested
they	jested

Present Perfect

I	have	jested
you	have	jested
he/she/it	has	jested
we	have	jested
you	have	jested
they	have	jested

Past Perfect

I	had	jested
you	had	jested
he/she/it	had	jested
we	had	jested
you	had	jested
they	had	jested

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Though married four times, he often remarked, only half in jest, that alcohol was "the other woman".

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On her website she jests that she talks to her plants and has had moderate success at being a starving artist.

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The newspaper article's author later said that the statement could have been made in jest (spy humour).

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Its head has been removed in jest several times.

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The jest which is expected is already destroyed.

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Examples from the Internet (not verified by PONS Editors)

For bess could see, through the casement, the road that he would ride They had tied her up to attention, with many a sniggering jest; They had bound a musket beside her, with the barrel beneath her breast!

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Damit Bess sehen konnte, durch die Fensterflügel, auf die Straße auf der er reiten würde Banden sie sie in Aufmerksamkeit, mit viel Gekicher und Scherz Sie hatten neben sie eine Flinte gebunden, der Lauf zeigte auf ihre Brust!

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What happens so often:– the Flower had made a gauk of him, that was a jest; the girl had made a fool of him, that was no jest, she had, during the summer, chosen another friend.

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– Was so oft geschieht. Die Blume hatte ihn genarrt, es war ein Scherz; die Jungfrau hatte ihn genarrt; das war kein Scherz, sie hatte sich einen anderen Freund im schönen Sommer erkoren.

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