Humor

See also: humor and humör

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin hūmor; later a semantic loan from English humour.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [huˈmoːɐ̯]

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Noun

Humor m (strong, genitive Humors, plural Humore)

1. humor (something funny)

   ein Sinn für Humor ― a sense of humor

   schräger Humor ― odd humor

Usage notes

The plural is used rarely.

Declension

Declension of Humor [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Humor	die	Humore
genitive	eines	des	Humors	der	Humore
dative	einem	dem	Humor	den	Humoren
accusative	einen	den	Humor	die	Humore

Derived terms

• Galgenhumor
• humorvoll

Descendants

• → Norwegian: (also via English)

  Bokmål: humor

  Nynorsk: humor

• → Polish: humor
  • → Belarusian: гу́мар (húmar)
  • → Ukrainian: гу́мор (húmor)
• → Yiddish: הומאָר (humor) (probably)

Further reading

• “Humor” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Humor” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Humor on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian hamar (“fast”).

Proper noun

Humor m

1. A river in Suceava, Romania, tributary to the Bistrița