jass
UK/jas/
jass noun: a trick-taking card game popular in Switzerland and neighboring areas of Germany and Austria. Also the obsolete form of jazz.
Noun
jass (uncountable)
- A trick-taking card game popular in Switzerland and neighboring areas of Germany and Austria.
- A Swiss jass master and I teamed up against my wife and an American, who were both rank beginners.1986, Kenneth Hsu, The Great Dying
- Jass is similar to bridge, though with completely different cards, and is a national obsession, for young and old alike.2010, Diccon Bewes, Swiss Watching, page 244
Proper noun capitalized: Jass
Jass (plural Jasses)
- A surname from German.
Also used as
jass is also the obsolete form of jazz.
Forms of jass
| plural | Jasses |
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Origin of jass
Borrowed from Alemannic German Jass.
Borrowed from German Jass, possibly a short form of a Slavic surname.
Words that rhyme with jass
Questions about jass
- What does jass mean?
- Jass means a trick-taking card game popular in Switzerland and neighboring areas of Germany and Austria.
- What part of speech is jass?
- Jass can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce jass?
- Jass is pronounced /jas/ (UK).
Words near jass in the dictionary
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