jest

jest
1. noun
1) (joke) Scherz, der; Witz, der
2) no pl. (fun) Spaß, der

in jest — im Scherz

2. intransitive verb
scherzen; Witze machen
* * *
[‹est] 1. noun
(a joke; something done or said to cause amusement.) der Scherz
2. verb
(to joke.) scherzen
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jest
[ʤest]
I. n (form)
1. (utterance) Scherz m, Witz m
2. (mood) Spaß m
to do/say [or speak] sth in \jest etw im Spaß tun/sagen
3.
there's many a true word spoken in \jest (prov) im Spaß wird viel Wahres gesagt
II. vi (form) spaßen, scherzen
to \jest about sth sich akk über etw akk lustig machen
to \jest with sb mit jdm Späße treiben
* * *
[dZest]
1. n
(no pl) (= fun) Spaß m, (Aus also) Spass m; (= joke also) Scherz m, Witz m

in jest — im Spaß

2. vi
scherzen, spaßen

you jest, sir! (old) — Sie belieben zu scherzen, mein Herr! (old)

to jest with sb — mit jdm spaßen

to jest about sth — über etw (acc) Scherze or Witze machen

* * *
jest [dʒest]
A s
1. Spaß m:
in jest im oder zum Scherz
2. Spott m
3. Zielscheibe f des Spotts:
standing jest Zielscheibe ständigen Spotts
B v/i
1. spaßen:
jest with (seinen) Spaß treiben mit;
he’s not a man to jest with er lässt nicht mit sich spaßen
2. spotten (about über akk):
this is nothing to jest about über so etwas spottet man nicht
* * *
1. noun
1) (joke) Scherz, der; Witz, der
2) no pl. (fun) Spaß, der

in jest — im Scherz

2. intransitive verb
scherzen; Witze machen
* * *
v.
scherzen v.

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