English-German translation for "pleasantry"

"pleasantry" German translation

pleasantry
[-tri]noun | Substantiv s

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witzige spaßige Bemerkung Handlung, Witz, Scherz Heiterkeit, Lustigkeit scherzhafte Hänselei
  • witzigeor | oder od spaßige Bemerkungor | oder od Handlung, Witzmasculine | Maskulinum m
    pleasantry witty remark, joke
    Scherzmasculine | Maskulinum m
    pleasantry witty remark, joke
    pleasantry witty remark, joke
  • Heiterkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    pleasantry rare | seltenselten (cheerfulness)
    Lustigkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    pleasantry rare | seltenselten (cheerfulness)
    pleasantry rare | seltenselten (cheerfulness)
  • (scherzhafte) Hänselei
    pleasantry rare | seltenselten (teasing)
    pleasantry rare | seltenselten (teasing)
Die Zeit wurde endlich einmal nicht vertan mit dem Austausch von Höflichkeiten.
In the end the time was not wasted in exchanging pleasantries.
Source: Europarl
Die junge Frau hatte ihren Vater besonders gebeten, sie vor den herkömmlichen Späßen zu bewahren.
The bride had begged her father to be spared the usual marriage pleasantries.
Source: Books
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