Verwechslungskomödie

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German

Etymology

Verwechslung (confusion, mix-up, mistaken identity) +‎ Komödie (comedy)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Verwechslungskomödie f (genitive Verwechslungskomödie, plural Verwechslungskomödien)

  1. A comedy whose humour is based on someone’s being mistaken for someone else or for something they are not; a comedy of errors (but restricted to this narrower sense).
    „Manche mögen’s heiß“ ist eine klassische Verwechslungskomödie.
    Some like it hot” is a classical comedy of mistaken identities.