English-German translation for "quip"

"quip" German translation

quip
[kwip]noun | Substantiv s

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witziger Einfall, geistreiche Bemerkung, Witzelei treffender Hieb, bissige Bemerkung Wortspiel, Spitzfindigkeit Schrulle, Scherz
  • Wortspielneuter | Neutrum n
    quip quibble obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    Spitzfindigkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    quip quibble obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    quip quibble obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
  • Schrullefeminine | Femininum f
    quip quirk obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    Scherzmasculine | Maskulinum m
    quip quirk obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
    quip quirk obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
  • quip syn vgl. → see „jest“
    quip syn vgl. → see „jest“
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  • quips and cranks
    Scherzeand | und u. Streiche
    quips and cranks
quip
[kwip]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprätand | und u.past participle | Partizip Perfekt pperf quipped>

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witzeln, spötteln
Die Deutschen, so heißt es, werden den Juden Auschwitz nie verzeihen.
The Germans, as one quip puts it, will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz.
Source: News-Commentary
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