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Translations for „whist“ in the English » German Dictionary (Go to German » English)

whist [(h)wɪst] N no pl

whist
Whist nt
a game of whist

solo ˈwhist N no pl CARDS

solo whist
Solo[whist] nt

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a game of whist

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
A technical innovation in the play of the cards is now rare: many advanced coups were known to whist players during the 19th century.
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The general rules of dummy whist are similar to that of bid whist, with two notable exceptions.
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The town was home to several organizations, including a tennis club, literature group, whist club, and a miners' union.
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There were rooms available for dancing, drinking of claret, sherry, tea and coffee and the playing of the card game whist.
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Memory for the future is also used whist making decisions based on the future possibilities that can be imagined.
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Reduced to poverty, he ekes out a living by playing whist for money.
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Although numerous types of squeezes have been analyzed and catalogued in contract bridge, they were first discovered and described in whist.
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One visitor wrote that amusements included sailing, fishing, rowing, walking, riding in buggy and on horseback, whist, enchre, backgammon and hunting.
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It is a trick-taking game, similar to whist, but with a special and eponymous discarding phase.
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At several tables in one, gentlemen would stake fortunes on whist and hazard.
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