nounnot in the study set
der Treppenwitz
staircase wit; l'esprit de l'escalier; a remark or rejoinder thought of only when it is too late; an ironic and absurd coincidence
- genitive
- des Treppenwitzes
- plural
- die Treppenwitze
- built from
- Treppen + Witz
Meanings
- 1
staircase wit; l'esprit de l'escalier; a remark or rejoinder thought of only when it is too late
- 2
an ironic and absurd coincidence; something that, if it were not true, would seem like a bad joke
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derTreppenwitz | dieTreppenwitze |
| accusative | denTreppenwitz | dieTreppenwitze |
| dative | demTreppenwitz | denTreppenwitzen |
| genitive | desTreppenwitzes | derTreppenwitze |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.