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In German-speaking cultures, () is a genre of short funny tale, verse, song, play, opera, etc. In German, common meanings for the word are "prank", "funny tale", told for entertainment. The (1966) offers a distinction of from other forms of comedy: delivers light, harmless, carefree humor, which distinguishes it from
comedy Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greec ...
, which ridicules something; from , which offers much hilarity; and from
farce Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable. Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical comedy, physical humor; the use of delibe ...
( :de:Posse), with its crude boisterousness. Other German types of literary and scenic art involving comedy include the , , , , and .


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Fabliau A ''fabliau'' (; plural ''fabliaux'') is a comic, often anonymous tale written by jongleurs and clerics in France between c. 1150 and 1400. They are generally characterized by sexual and scatological obscenity, and by a set of contrary attitud ...
* Facetia


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