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Witze machen über+Akk.

to make jokes about

Türkçe: bir şey hakkında şaka yapmak

Noun
die Witze Pl.
Verb
machen
Topic
Kommunikation
Register
Colloquial to neutral register

In a sentence

Which form of machen fills the gap?

Über so ein ernstes Thema sollte man keine Witze ____.

Show the full sentence

Über so ein ernstes Thema sollte man keine Witze machen.

How it is used

Means 'to make jokes about something or someone'. Colloquial to neutral register. Often used in the negative: 'Darüber macht man keine Witze.' The fixed phrase 'Du machst wohl Witze!' means 'You must be joking!'.

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