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Translate puns from English to German

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pun:
- Wortspiel; Spaß; Freude; Vergnügen
Wiktionary:
- pun → Wortspiel
- pun → Kalauer, Witz, Wortspiel

English

Detailed Translations for puns from English to German

pun:

pun [the ~] noun

the pun (play upon words; equivoke; word-play; double entendre; jeu de mots)
Wortspiel
- Wortspiel [das ~] noun
the pun (fun)
der Spaß; die Freude; Vergnügen
- Spaß [der ~] noun
- Freude [die ~] noun
- Vergnügen [das ~] noun

Translation Matrix for pun:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
Freude	fun; pun	amusement; banter; be satisfied with; brightfulness; cheerfulness; delight; folly; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lightheartedness; lunacy; lust; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; passion; pleasure; revelry; silliness; waggery
Spaß	fun; pun	amusement; banter; brightfulness; cheerfulness; folly; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; high jinks; hilarity; humor; humour; jest; joke; joking; joy; joyfulness; lightheartedness; lunacy; lust; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; passion; pleasantry; pleasure; prank; revelry; silliness; trick
Vergnügen	fun; pun	amusement; be satisfied with; brightfulness; cheerfulness; contentment; delight; diversion; entertainment; folly; fun; gladness; glee; good spirits; happiness; high jinks; hilarity; joking; joy; joyfulness; lightheartedness; lunacy; lust; madness; merriment; mirth; nonsense; passion; pleasure; revelry; satisfaction; silliness
Wortspiel	double entendre; equivoke; jeu de mots; play upon words; pun; word-play
-	paronomasia; punning; wordplay
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
Freude		gladness
-	crack jokes; joke

Related Words for "pun":

puns

Synonyms for "pun":

punning; wordplay; paronomasia; fun; play; sport
joke; jest

Related Definitions for "pun":

a humorous play on words¹
- I do it for the pun of it¹
make a play on words¹
- Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning¹

Wiktionary Translations for pun:

pun

noun

joke or type of wordplay
- pun → Wortspiel

pun

noun

witziges Spiel mit Worten, z. B. mit deren Mehrdeutigkeit
- Wortspiel → pun; wordplay; play on words

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• pun	→ Kalauer; Witz; Wortspiel	↔ calembour — jeu de mots fonder sur l’homonymie et la polysémie.
• pun	→ Kalauer; Wortspiel	↔ jeu de mots — manipulation plaisante des mots fondée sur la ressemblance des mots.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University