wit

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, plural-normally, uncountable) Sanity.
2. (countable, obsolete, plural-normally, uncountable) The senses.
3. (countable, uncountable) Intellectual ability; faculty of thinking, reasoning.
4. (countable, uncountable) The ability to think quickly; mental cleverness, especially under short time constraints.
5. (countable, uncountable) Intelligence; common sense.
6. (countable, uncountable) Humour, especially when clever or quick.
7. (countable, uncountable) A person who tells funny anecdotes or jokes; someone witty.

Verb

To know, be aware of (constructed with of when used intransitively).

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of with.

Sinonieme

intellect

intelligence

wisdom

mind

humour

wittiness

sense

sharpness

cleverness

sagacity

brain

🧠

brightness

wag

witticism

talent

humor

ability

brainpower

joke

🤣

knowledge

acumen

understanding

humorist

capacity of mind

know

genius

brains

witty person

esprit

comic fellow

joker

witty

learning ability

witster

tact

smartness

subtlety

shrewdness

skill

repartee

reason

resourceful

humourist

punster

resourcefulness

card

mentality

mental capacity

wisecracker

ghost

👻

Vertalings

arguzia

Witz

🤣

intelligence

inteligência

spirito

inteligencia

ingenio

Verstand

Witzbold

ingegno

boegspriet

νους

γνωρίζω

llestesa

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/wɪt/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: wit

Geërf van Old English: witt

Verwante met Nederlands: weet

Verwante met Duits: Witz

Verwante met Deens: vid

Verwante met Sweeds: vett

Verwante met Boeknoors: vett

Verwante met Goties: 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹

Verwante met Latyn: vīdī

Verwante met Bulgaars: вям

Verwante met Russies: ве́дать

Verwante met Sanskrit: विद्या

Verwante met Yslands: vita

Verwante met Nederlands: weten

Verwante met Duits: wissen

Verwante met Deens: vide

Verwante met Sweeds: veta

Verwante met Latyn: videō

In summary

From Middle English wit, from Old English witt (“understanding, intellect, sense, knowledge, consciousness, conscience”), from Proto-West Germanic *witi, from Proto-Germanic *witją (“knowledge, reason”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (“see, know”).
Cognate with Dutch wit (“knowledge”), German Witz (“joke; wit, humour”), Danish vid (“wit”), Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish vett (“wit”), Gothic 𐌿𐌽𐍅𐌹𐍄𐌹 (unwiti, “ignorance”), Latin vīdī (“see (pf.)”), Bulgarian вям (vjam, “to know”), Russian ве́дать (védatʹ, “to know”), Sanskrit विद्या (vidyā, “knowledge, wisdom”). Compare wise.