- scherzhaft
- Adj. jocular, facetious; (humorvoll) humorous; (komisch) funny; das war nur eine scherzhafte Frage that was just a facetious question, it wasn’t (meant to be) a serious question* * *waggish* * *schẹrz|haft1. adjjocular, jovial; Angelegenheit joking; (= spaßig) Einfall playful2. advjokingly
etw scherzhaft sagen — to say sth jokingly or as a joke or in jest
etw scherzhaft meinen —
etw scherzhaft aufnehmen — to take sth as a joke
* * *1) facetiously2) (not serious; intended to be funny or humorous: a facetious remark.) facetious3) (joking; not serious: a playful remark.) playful* * *scherz·haftI. adj (aus Spaß erfolgend) jocular, joke attr famII. adv jocularly, in a jocular fashionnicht böse sein, das war doch nur \scherzhaft gemeint! don't be angry, it was only a joke [or I only meant it as a joke]!* * *1.Adjektiv jocular; joking attrib2.adverbial jocularly; jokingly* * *scherzhaft adj jocular, facetious; (humorvoll) humorous; (komisch) funny;das war nur eine scherzhafte Frage that was just a facetious question, it wasn’t (meant to be) a serious question* * *1.Adjektiv jocular; joking attrib2.adverbial jocularly; jokingly* * *adj.jocose adj.jocular adj.joking adj. adv.jocosely adv.
Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch. 2013.