Aprilscherz

German

Etymology

April (“April”) +‎ Scherz (“joke”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈpʁɪlˌʃɛʁt͡s/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ap‧ril‧scherz

Noun

Aprilscherz m (strong, genitive Aprilscherzes, plural Aprilscherze)

1. April fool (practical joke played on April Fools' Day)

Declension

Declension of Aprilscherz [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Aprilscherz	die	Aprilscherze
genitive	eines	des	Aprilscherzes	der	Aprilscherze
dative	einem	dem	Aprilscherz, Aprilscherze1	den	Aprilscherzen
accusative	einen	den	Aprilscherz	die	Aprilscherze

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Aprilscherz” in Duden online
• “Aprilscherz”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)