German word

Comedy

Pronunciation

IPA/ˈkɔmədi/

Meaning

  • feminine nouncomedy

Example

Im Fernsehen laufen viele Comedys.

There are lots of comedy shows on TV.

Illustration for Comedy (comedy)

More examples

Beim Open-Mic gab es viel Stand-up-Comedy.

There was a lot of stand-up comedy at the open mic.

Core concept

A performer or group builds a live or televised routine around punchlines that make an audience laugh.

Common phrases

  • Stand-up-Comedy

    stand-up comedy

  • Live-Comedy-Show

    live comedy show

  • Comedy-Sendung

    comedy program

Similar words

Stand-up: A solo act using spoken jokes to entertain an audience.
Sketch: A brief comic scene designed to make people laugh.
Show: An organized stage or television performance for an audience.
Improvisation: Acting without a script to produce humor or surprise.

Definition in German

Humoristische Darbietung, oft von einzelnen Künstlern oder Gruppen vor Publikum oder im Fernsehen, mit dem Ziel, durch Pointen zu unterhalten.

Word origin

German borrowed Comedy from English, which traces through French and Latin comoedia to Greek komoidia.

Usage tips

  • Comedy is feminine in German: die Comedy; the plural Comedys appears when several comedy programs or acts are meant.

Other meanings

  • comedy shownoun

Opposites

  • Tragödietragedynoun
  • Ernsthaftigkeitseriousnessnoun

Related words

  • Comediancomediannoun
  • Comedyshowcomedy shownoun
  • Comedyseriecomedy seriesnoun

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