Whist
German, noun/vɪst/
Whist is spelled W-H-I-S-T (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Whist is a German neuter noun meaning “whist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kartenspiel aus England für vier Personen mit französischem Blatt (52 Karten), Vorläufer von Bridge”.
What does Whist mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterwhist
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kartenspiel aus England für vier Personen mit französischem Blatt (52 Karten), Vorläufer von Bridge
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Whist
- Whistes genitive
- Whists genitive
- Whiste dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Whist?
- /vɪst/
- /wɪst/
- [vɪst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Whist
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Whist in German?
Whist appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).