# der Antiwitz

der Antiwitz is a German noun meaning “antijoke”. Forms: des Antiwitzes, die Antiwitze.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Antiwitzes
- Plural: die Antiwitze

## Meanings

1. antijoke (story that sounds like a joke, but has no punchline)
   - Eine Ausnahme ist zum Beispiel der langatmige Antiwitz, in dem die Zuhörer in Erwartung eines Gags einem endlosen Narrativ lauschen, nur, um am Ende festzustellen, dass sie selber die Veralberten sind.
2. synonym of Flachwitz (“joke whose punchline is corny and stupid, possibly deliberately so”)

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