Schafkopf language

The Schafkopf language describes a large number of special expressions that are mainly used in the Schafkopf card game . These are usually not understandable for outsiders. Associative to crude terms are often used. Grumbling, scolding and grumbling are part of the sheep's head game and are, so to speak, the salt in the soup. Here are some common idioms.

Note on pronunciation: The expressions listed here are mainly reproduced in the transcription of the Old Bavarian dialect, although the most common terms are of course spread throughout Bavaria and can therefore also be found in the East Franconian , Swabian and Hessian (Aschaffenburg, Odenwald) dialect continuum. Regional specialties are shown as such.

Card names

Proper names of the upper and lower

German	Schafkopf language
Acorn Upper	the old man ( Bavarian da Oide ), the one that nobody can do, that is tall, des is ned da Gleansde (Franconian for: “that is not the smallest”), the tallest in Bavaria, the Josef
Grass / green upper	the blue, the green, the Peterl (e), the Schinder-Hansl, the hunter, the leafy, the beaver, the drummer
Heart upper	Der Rote, Herzer, Fuchs, Lump, Bremser-Dirk (prevents three runners), Erdbeer-Schorsch, Bardolio (Aschaffenburg region), Schindahans (Lower Bavaria)
Schell (e) n-Ober	the round, the Schiache (the ugly), (Schelln-) hump (ige), Mehlhaans, Glöbberer, yellow, brown, colorful, the Schlamberde (Franconian for: "the sloppy"), shit, the never-sting, the late Brake (no longer prevents the three running)
Acorn sub	the old under ( Bavarian da Oide unda ), the Wensel, the young (leaning on the acorn upper)
Grass / green-under	the blue sub, the Pfeiffer

Proper names of the aces or sows

German	Schafkopf language
Acorn ace	Eichel-Sau, the old one (Bavarian de Oide ), the 1, the woodcock, forest sow, house-sow, poetic: De oide drives de Buam zam, dahoam liagts, with da Oidn we go to the forest festival, Oide turn on Buckl, old love does not rust, on old people out with Matz, with da Oidn you're good ghoitn, old ramsige Eischel, with da Oidn is ka Sünd, d'Mama, "I play with the dahoim" (Allgäu), the Rotbusch-Fotzn (reference to squirrels , Upper Franconia)
Grass ace	Gras-sow, the blue one, old woman district administrator, gardener, d'Blue Mary Lu, the hydrocyanic acid, Förster-Christl, the 2, baker's jacket, Dolores, Adria, the Blumenstöckerl, Stadtparkliesl, Cordon Bleu ( Auf die Cordon ), Danube, Team (based on TSV 1860 Munich), Abdellaoue ( corruption of "Auf die Blaue"), Bsufferne, the Salat-Bärbel, forester (with the blue one, the exact one / there will look, blue-pig is Hausau! How is the man? - Blue is the man! Etc.), with the blue, the exact one, with the team line-up (based on the former stadium magazine of TSV 1860 Munich )
Ace of hearts	(without a special name, since it cannot be called), the red one, as trump grease sometimes ' s pound
Bell ace	Schellen-Sau, die Runde, Kugel, Kugelbauersophie / -theres [Upper Bavaria], the 4, Bum (b) s / Pump / Bumbl, Bumskugel, Bucklerte, Hundsgfickt, Geldsau, Dumbste, Schlass, Petrol Resi / Pig, Lump ( -ate / -ige), bad ones, schellige, who where the farmers' tampered with, the bastard (as well as a multitude of very pictorial names such as de where there dog dromhockt, the dog flickers on it [Swabia], Hundaufghockte [Upper Bavaria] , Bäber- / Odlmannsgwadschn [Middle Franconia]), Christmas tree ball sow, Schwanzeldrahtsaufi, Kuglbäurin, Hannes-Sau, Rapunzel, as Stodlfenster, the Firabechere

Some other card names

German	Schafkopf language
Tens	Railway workers, Schwellnhupfa
Nine, eighth, seventh (sparrows also color card for solo)	Sparrows, nonsense, lusciousness, emptiness, onions, horns, lazy people, idiots
Aces and tens	Lubricating (age), full, long, whole
Upper (at Wenz: lower)	Peasants, gentlemen, food carriers, humpbacks, knuckles, hard
Under (and over)	Wenzen, Buam, Eichel-Unter = "Beisser", Schellen-Unter = "Flying Her (r) mann"
a top or bottom who breaks the chain of the running at the other party	Brakeman, cheap maker, number brake, running brake, watch brake (Allgäu)
Acorn and grass tops together	wedding
Ace, tens (and king) of the same suit	Twenty one (twenty five)
Card of color acorn	Squirrel
Heart king	Max (i)
Acorn Seven	Soacher, Spitz (taken from the card game " Wattn ")
Ring seven	Belle, Welle (taken from the "Wattn" card game)
Ring eight	Mustard, Oshboa, Bimbel

Game names

German	Schafkopf language
no game announcement	weg / weiter / weitweg (as a variation also: women), servus / bye, zua, ford (they do something), wei-tout ( weidu ), in the style of a game announcement: “I have another !” or “I'm further ! " (Often only indicated by waving gestures)
Game announcement	"Daad scho" (like the one from "Death in Venice"), i spui, i daad (spuin) - I would (play), i (ch) would ', i däs (Swabia), flushing, playing, Spieletto, Interest, a noudigs
Normal game	Spelunkn, a Bisserler wos goes scho, a kloans, i kant, toys, i häd a Spüll, on the (Bumbl, Blaue, Alde ...)
with the acorn sow	Oide, often zoin! if necessary! (Upper Franconia), old help!
Wenz	Someone (to cry), If he were gang, Wenz no scho gwonna, If it's okay / nothing matters / nothing costs / doesn't bother, AdWenz, Gustav (e.g. Gras Gustav ), Wendo, Wendolin, Wenzlinger, Wenzeslaus, Stanislaus Wenzinger (Stani), Wenz saa mou (Middle Franconia), the Glannen ("little ones") sting, Only the Unter, Quendolin (Allgäu), Spiele Eine (Allgäu)
vulture	Giggärigie, Kerwas-Wenz, only the waiters
solo	Silo, stabs, breaks (e.g. "heart breaks"), beats (e.g. "oache beats")
Acorn Solo	Oache stings, Oache fressn d'Sai, Eikkelen stekkelen, Eich hoid da Deifi (devil)
Grass solo	Grass / green / blue / leaf stings, A Grians in d'Suppm, the rabbit eats green grass, green / blue the geese shit in the month of May / in Vienna, green is the heather, green like my hair, if you don't have a nettle 'n neilongst, Auf d'Fregatten
Heart solo	Heart stings, the aunt laughs heartily, a warm (Allgäu), heart in the body don't despair
Fast-paced solo	Schell (e) sticks, Schellinski was a Pole, Schelln for the Schnelln, Schella wiad 'Wella ("Bells like the waves"), When you grig on a bag, Schell'n to bounce, A Schelln ko'st ham , On the balls
Tout	A map or a piece of wood
I Agree	Basst, guat, yawn, dua zua, it's right (often only indicated by gestures by waving the hand)
Push	Shot, contra, syringe, with music, with side dish, pump, touché (r), bang, on it ana, tsè, 25 ore on the other hand, cum, so that it costs something. because I clap there oine
floor	Pot, pink, henna

Other expressions

Some "official" terms

Schafkopf language	German
leaf	general expression for the current cards
Sparging	to clear a color
Lubricate, make him / nan fat!	give the partner high eyes (aces and tens)
To the Käffer / villages, to the country	Mapping of colors.
eyes	Points
cutter	less than 30 (31 as a player) points at the end of the game
black	didn't make a stitch
Player, first man, on one	the player opening the game
Metacarpal, second / third man, on two / three	the teammates sitting behind the player in positions 2 and 3
Hindquarters, last man, behind	the last player sitting behind the player
Run away, play underneath, underplay, yodel	Playing the call color "under the sow" by the called party if he has 4 or 5 cards of the call color
Wrong color	Color that the solo player has in addition to the color determined as a trump (except Ace)
Opponent	Non-player party
Playmaker	Game announcer
Teammates	Playmaker's partner
Brunzkartler, Brunzkater, Brunsbuh, Brunskartler, Bieselbruder	Substitute player who steps in when a player has to go to the bathroom
Short way	Playmaker or opponent sits directly behind the player
Long way	Playmaker or opponent sits behind

various

Schafkopf language	German
lubricate	give the partner high eyes (aces and tens); as a lubricant , however - correctly set! - all possible cards act
"It works / runs!" "Running pig!"	Comment if the sow stings when looking for it, d. H. - contrary to the intention of the seeker - is not stabbed
nimma stecha	be sure that you take all the tricks
by	played black
onions ( small bulbs , etc.), seven (eight, nine) eyes for connoisseurs	do not admit any points (nines, eighth, sevens)
close (he closes it etc.)	Reach 61 (or 60) eyes
blank	have only one card of one suit (or only one trump)
occupied	own two cards of the same suit
long (e color) / flag / flute / torch	have more than 2 cards of one suit (also opposite: short suit)
Farmer's consultation hour / "Dan mir Wattn ?" / Cycling	(Prohibited) verbal influencing of the game
Child benefit	Additional tariff for running waiter
A spray is faster than a new hat, spray is the same	Attempt to make the opponent feel insecure before the game is announced
died shortly before the hole / starved to death, in front of the front door / in front of the toilet in d'Hosn gschissn / bieseld, air exita	extremely narrowly lost
Pliers, rifles to the town hall, Gemma, d'Schling builds up	you sit back and take the last stitches
the fifth man belongs under the table, no game is too expensive for the lapwing, you make mistakes while watching	Spectators have to be calm
without old people to keep net / ironic: Stechts' n zam; Answer: Wait, i hoid glei as Messa / ironic: I believe it can I, “Whoever stabs it comes in d'Buid clothing”, des san Waschl!	Commentary on the use of the acorn cream
what ma ko should ma do; Throw away trump and ned stechn is a sin, the hau i oba from the moped, it stings a big oamoi, it is my youngest!	Comment on an (expensive) trump card
It gets bigger by itself, with the Gloana you can see the big ones	Comment on playing a small trump card
Z'gloa sans glei	Comment on tripping a trump
Farmer's death (is koa Verderben), farmer's meeting, farmer's corpse, Oberreit, summit meeting	Meeting of several waiters in one stitch
With at the bottom you need under, a under does not fall, such a under does a / often works wonders !, the under makes it lively !, pig, king, under - konn koana underneath	Comment on the lead of an under
The red one is a dog	Commenting on the fact that the heart-Upper often unmotivated Place enticed
Sorry for Keni, four eyes sans a smear not a lot and smear not a lot - smear on Kenich!	Commentary on the (half-hearted) smear of a king
ned mehra ois'a is worth it, cost neifurzn / hieschpotzn a, it doesn't succeed!	Comment on piercing with a small trump card
luarn	Observe the course of the game from outside third parties or look at the cards while shuffling
blocked	You have a good call hand, but no call suit (= no suit without an ace)
wash your hands! you host a dead bird in the Daschn !, wash your hands, host you stuffed ?!	Complain to the dealer if the hand is bad
only have onions / sauce etc. on hand, a real Lett'n on hand, all bumblebees give me that is	have a bad hand
Omablatt / -spiel, dead game, Gaberseeer, support stocking solo / -Wenz, playing with the bed cap	very good hand or captive solo
with full pants everyone can stink / the hot hand full of brats!	Commentary on said Oma leaf (see above)
Olympic stitch	Stitch with 40 or more points
From every yard to dog, in every village a maibaam, from every sow a thing from every filth a pattern	be free on any color
the first Pflauma san madig / first Gwinn makes Beidl thin / first Gwinn makes the bag gring / s exhaust Gwenna ghert de henna	describes the experience that the winner at the beginning of the evening often loses in the end
there si scho amoi somebody got mixed up / in the neighboring village hams oam d'arte operated from de hand / neilich hams oan grobn, the hod immerno mixed / yes you are from Gebertsham? / same catcher the card as burner a / in Chicago is the mixer cemetery!	Comment on very extensive mixing
Quod lux lux - what light, light / where there is light / what light, what / table is right	Cards played may no longer be taken back
let the dead rest / what lies is dead / what is eaten at the table is hot	completed stitches may no longer be viewed
Then off to the urologist !, wash!	Comment after the announcement of "Acorn sticks"
Wurmannsquick , Weinzierlein , Rosenheim , Seckmauern , Detter , Laibarös , Schmerb , Uetzing, Hoppachshof, Zdummzumbrunznbrunn, Handthal, Hinterschoaßbislbach etc.	Locations of fictitious Schafkopf Academies ("you have to take a course")
Put in honest hands / Always the one who frogt	Answer to the question “Who has to give” when it's your turn
Klupp '	actually forbidden displaying that one is a color free
Black jack	the game is or will be won by black
Terrible	The amount won / lost is 1.60 euros (Allgäu)
A heart hod a everyone, and who koans hod is a rascal, Hans or Peter, everyone has a heart	Request to the opponent to kindly admit hearts and not stab (only if hearts are not trumps)
Three and tailors, let's go! Four and not, give it up! / Four and not, a poem!	Comments on the calculation of three runners plus tailor, or four runners and tailor-black at the end of a game
One pulls, the other grinds. / One wire (turns), the other grinds. (as with knife sharpening)	The two partners during a call game are determined early and take turns, especially by alternately playing colors that the other player is free, but which have to be admitted by the enemy (or can no longer be won due to a lack of trumps).
Once up and once down is Uncle Frieder's / Aunt Frieda's ass / Once big, once small, then the game must be won	The two partners during a call game alternately play a high and a low trump.
Coburgern / Bohemian Kartn / Bohemian Reverse	A player plays contrary to the usual way of playing z. B. in a game and pretends to have the reputation ace, although he does not have it and thereby tries to deceive the opponent.
Holzkirchner opening	The player plays, as the first move if he is the first man himself, the color of the sow he is looking for with a blank ten, which, depending on the hand, represents a great risk
That's for the people!	Comment on your own game announcement to express that you are not strong. Sometimes used to create confusion.
Greco-Roman opening	With the first move, deliberately mislead the other players with a different color (Allgäu).
Play one-through without a four	Well-kept saying from the Allgäu to intimidate the opponents and to mislead them regarding the current ones.
Racing pig	Name for the color ace, which tricks the allied color
The snow upper / wooden lower was involved!	Comment if a game that was thought to be lost is still won. Snow-upper and wood-lower are considered to be mysterious trump cards that only appear in special games.
Humpback Wenz	Name for a particularly hopeless Wenz. Regardless of whether it is ultimately won or not.
A Besn	Term for unplayable cards
A dog	A dog is a game in which the player knows before the start that there is a very high risk of losing this game.
A Fred	Quite ambitious but not to be won Wenz
At the Wenz / Geier come ate!	Most popular saying after a Wenz / Geier, as the single player has to admit color when playing an ace of the opponent.
Deppal-Klopfa / Kili-Klopfa	Term for laying / knocking that is deemed unnecessary or tactically unwise.
You don't have to do the stitches, you just have to be able to do it	Statement if the other player is already playing such high trumps that you can save his high trumps.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Schafkopfisch-Deutsch on Bayerischer Rundfunk ( Memento from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Sheep head wisdom from the Schafkopfschule e. V.