funny

lustig, komisch

So, dass man darüber lacht oder lächelt.

In einfachem Englisch: Making you laugh or smile.

• That joke is funny.
• She told us a funny story.
• The film was funnier than I expected.

Synonyme: amusing, humorous, comical

Gegenteile: unfunny

Häufige Wendungen: funny joke, funny story, very funny, funny person

merkwürdig, seltsam

Ungewöhnlich oder merkwürdig, manchmal mit dem Eindruck, dass etwas nicht stimmt.

In einfachem Englisch: Strange or unusual, sometimes making you feel that something is wrong.

• This milk smells funny.
• My stomach feels funny today.
• Did you hear that funny noise upstairs?

Synonyme: strange, odd, peculiar

Gegenteile: normal

Häufige Wendungen: funny smell, feel funny, funny noise

empfindlich, gereizt

Bei einer Sache unerwartet verärgert oder leicht beleidigt.

In einfachem Englisch: Unexpectedly annoyed or easily offended about something.

• Don’t get funny with me.
• He is funny about lending his tools.
• She got funny when I mentioned the missing money.

So benutzt man es: be/get funny about something (He gets funny about people using his desk.); get funny with someone (She got funny with me when I asked about the keys.)

Synonyme: touchy, irritable

Häufige Wendungen: get funny, funny about something

Witz, Scherz

Ein Scherz oder eine lustige Bemerkung.

In einfachem Englisch: A joke or amusing remark.

• He told a funny about his dog.
• She cracked a funny during the meeting.
• That was a funny I had heard before.

Synonyme: joke, quip

Häufige Wendungen: tell a funny, crack a funny

Humor, Komik

Das Lustige oder Amüsante an etwas.

In einfachem Englisch: The humour or amusing quality in something.

• Where is the funny in that story?
• She always brings the funny to these videos.
• I could not find the funny in his routine.

Synonyme: humour, comedy

Häufige Wendungen: bring the funny, find the funny