Humor

See also: humor and humör

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [huˈmoːɐ̯]
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Noun

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

The plural is used rarely.

Declension
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

Descendants
  • → Norwegian: (also via English)
    Bokmål: humor
    Nynorsk: humor
  • → Polish: humor
    • → Belarusian: гу́мар (húmar)
    • → Ukrainian: гу́мор (húmor)
  • → Yiddish: הומאָר (humor) (probably)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian hamar (“fast”).

Proper noun

Humor m

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