If youвЂ™re all by yourself, but still in the mood for a good card game, play a few rounds of the German solitaire game Auf Wiedersehen (Farewell). Is someone playing dirty in the game? Then yell out, вЂњHey, du schummelst!вЂќ (вЂњHey, youвЂ™re cheating!вЂќ) One-player German Card Games

Spieler is the word for вЂњplayerвЂќ in German (itвЂ™s also the word for вЂњgamblerвЂќ).Дu bist dran means вЂњyour turn.вЂќ Unfair (pronounced вЂњoonfairвЂќ) means, you guessed it, вЂњunfair.вЂќ A Jack is a Bube вЂ“ an old-fashioned German word for вЂњboy.вЂќ A Queen is a Dame (which translates to вЂњladyвЂќ) and the King is the KГ¶nig (literal translation this time). Binokel, Watten, 66 (Schnapsen), Gaigel, just to name a few.Дo you know the names of the suits in German? If not, then here they are!ДЄn Ace is an Ass. There are many more card games which enjoy local popularity, but may not be known elsewhere. Mau Mau is a very simple game which is also popular throughout Germany especially amongst children, UNO is essentially the commercial version of it. Schafkopf is traditionally played in Bavaria (South-East), Doppelkopf is more popular in the West and North, and Skat originates in the East, but has gain a lot of traction elsewhere since it is the most tactical variant and often played competitively. Skat, Doppelkopf and Schafkopf are amongst the most popular, they are very similar to each other and pretty tactical. Germany has a strong tradition with respect to card games, as a result the most popular game varies by region.

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