scherzen

See also: Scherzen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schërzen, from Old High German *skërzan (to jump merrily, enjoy oneself, jest), from Proto-Germanic *skertaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃeʁt͡sn̩/
  • Hyphenation: scher‧zen

Verb

scherzen (third-person singular simple present scherzt, past tense scherzte, past participle gescherzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to joke; to jest; to frolic

Conjugation

Descendants

Further reading

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