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Häschenwitz
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German
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Etymology
From de Häschen little hare Witz joke.
It is believed that the jokes originated in the GDR and poked fun at the disfunctional Socialist economy. When they spread to West Germany, they became entirely unpolitical, however.
Pronunciation
de /ˈhɛːsçənˌvɪts/ [ˈhɛːs.çənˌvɪt͡s] [ˈheːs-]
Noun
m chen
A kind of joke, popular in Germany especially in the 1970s and 80s, involving a hare that speaks in a defective child-like accent and is only interested in carrots, his catchphrase being de hattu Möhrchen? do you have carrots?.
Declension
m