Pointe

See also: pointe and pointé

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from French pointe.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpu̯ɛ̃tə/, /ˈpu̯ɛːntə/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Pointe f (genitive Pointe, plural Pointen)

    1. point; punchline (final part of a joke, anecdote etc. which makes it funny or relevant)
      eine geschliffene Pointe ― a sharp punchline
      eine rhetorische Pointe ― a rhetoric punchline

    Declension

    Declension of Pointe [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Pointe die Pointen
    genitive einer der Pointe der Pointen
    dative einer der Pointe den Pointen
    accusative eine die Pointe die Pointen

    Derived terms

    See also

    Further reading

    • “Pointe”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Pointe” in Duden online
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