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Der Witz
Der Witz is the countable, tellable joke with a setup and a punchline. You erzählen a joke, never sagen it. The plural is Witze, and Witze reißen means to crack jokes one after another.
Examples in context
Er erzählt auf jeder Feier denselben alten Witz.
He tells the same old joke at every party.
Den Witz habe ich ehrlich gesagt nicht verstanden.
Honestly, I did not get the joke.
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