Banter

"Banter" in German

Gelaber

(good humoured conversation)

Gelabere

(good humoured conversation)

Geplauder

(good humoured conversation)

Geplänkel

(good humoured conversation)

Neckerei

(good humoured conversation)

Scherz

(good humoured conversation)

Ulk

(good humoured conversation)

Wortgeplänkel

(good humoured conversation)

Spaß haben

(to play or do something amusing)

albern

(to engage in banter)

auf den Arm nehmen

(to tease mildly)

necken

(to engage in banter)

necken

(to tease mildly)

plaudern

(to engage in banter)

scherzen

(to engage in banter)

schäkern

(to engage in banter)

sich amüsieren

(to play or do something amusing)

sich necken

(to engage in banter)

sich necken

(to tease mildly)

sich vergnügen

(to play or do something amusing)

spielen

(to play or do something amusing)

sticheln

(to tease mildly)

verulken

(to tease mildly)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.