It's funny because it's true.

German translation: Lustig, aber wahr.

10:04 Jan 23, 2002
English to German translations [PRO]
English term or phrase: It's funny because it's true.
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Picasso (X)
Local time: 22:58
German translation:Lustig, aber wahr.
Explanation:
While the direct translation above is correct, this is the equivalent German term, IMHO. The back-translation is "funny, but true".
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Wirbeleit
Germany
Local time: 22:58
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Summary of answers provided
4 +7Lustig, aber wahr.
Wirbeleit
4 +3Das ist lustig, weil es wahr ist.
Klaus Herrmann
4Komischerweise stimmt es.
Klaus Fenselau


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
Das ist lustig, weil es wahr ist.


Explanation:
Alternatives, depending on context and style,

1) Es ist ....

2) komisch, lustig, witzig, amüsant

3) weil es, da es

4) wahr ist, stimmt, zutrifft

Klaus Herrmann
Germany
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 6597

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Bollmann
0 min

agree  Kathi Stock
1 min

agree  Jan Neersoe
1 min

neutral  Martin Schmurr: little used; I prefer Wirbeleit's also because it seems to be an ad
25 mins
  -> So why didn't the English text say "funny, but true"?
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
Lustig, aber wahr.


Explanation:
While the direct translation above is correct, this is the equivalent German term, IMHO. The back-translation is "funny, but true".

Wirbeleit
Germany
Local time: 22:58
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in pair: 16
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  conny: similar to: Traurig, aber wahr.
3 mins

agree  Birgit Gerdes (X): absolutely right
5 mins

agree  Caro Maucher
18 mins

agree  Andrea Buttgen
20 mins

agree  pschmitt
2 hrs

agree  Bob Kerns (X)
6 hrs

agree  Christa Zeller Thomas
12 hrs
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Komischerweise stimmt es.


Explanation:
expressing astonishment

Klaus Fenselau
Local time: 22:58
PRO pts in pair: 4
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