wit

wit
[wɪt] n
1) no pl (humour) Witz m, Geist m, Esprit m (geh)
a flash of \wit ein Geistesblitz m;
biting/dry \wit beißender/trockener Humor;
to have a ready \wit schlagfertig sein
2) no pl (intelligence) Verstand m;
to be beyond the \wit of sb über jds Verstand [o Horizont] [hinaus]gehen;
to have the \wit to do sth Verstand genug haben, etw zu tun
3) (practical intelligence)
\wits pl geistige Fähigkeiten, Intelligenz f kein pl;
battle of \wits geistiger Schlagabtausch, geistiges Kräftemessen;
to be at one's \wits' end mit seiner Weisheit [o seinem Latein] am Ende sein;
to collect [or gather] one's \wits seine fünf Sinne zusammennehmen (fam), sich akk wieder besinnen;
to frighten [or scare] sb out of his/her \wits [or the \wits out of sb] jdn zu Tode erschrecken;
to be frightened [or scared] out of one's \wits sich akk zu Tode ängstigen;
to have/keep one's \wits about one seine fünf Sinne beisammenhaben (fam) /zusammenhalten (fam)
to live [or survive] on one's \wits sich akk [mit Schläue] durchs Leben schlagen;
to lose one's \wits (old) den Verstand verlieren;
to need all one's \wits about one seine fünf Sinne zusammennehmen müssen (fam)
to pit one's \wits against sb/sth seinen Verstand an jdm/etw messen (geh)
4) (funny person) geistreiche Person, kluger Kopf (fam) (astute person) schlagfertige Person vi (form);
to \wit nämlich, und zwar

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