Humor

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See also: humor and humör

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin hūmor; later a semantic loan from English humour.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [huˈmoːɐ̯]
  • Audio(file)

Noun[edit]

Humor m (strong, genitive Humors, plural Humore)

  1. humor (something funny)
    ein Sinn für Humor ― a sense of humor
    schräger Humor ― odd humor

Usage notes[edit]

The plural is used rarely.

Declension[edit]

Declension of Humor [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Humor die Humore
genitive eines des Humors der Humore
dative einem dem Humor den Humoren
accusative einen den Humor die Humore

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Norwegian: (also via English)
    Bokmål: humor
    Nynorsk: humor
  • → Polish: humor
  • → Yiddish: הומאָר (humor) (probably)

Further reading[edit]

  • “Humor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Humor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Humor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hungarian hamar (“fast”).

Proper noun[edit]

Humor m

  1. A river in Suceava, Romania, tributary to the Bistrița
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