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jass¹

  • /jas/ UK

Rhymes with -as

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Alemannic German Jass.

noun

  1. 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.

jass²

noun

  1. obsolete, uncountable Obsolete form of jazz (“style of music”). “Yet I've noticed the same thing when your band plays—the most amazing social coherence, as if you all shared the same brain.” “Sure,” agreed “Dope,” “but you can't call that organization.” “What do you call it?” “Jass.”

Jass³

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German Jass, possibly a short form of a Slavic surname.

proper noun Jasses

  1. A surname from German.

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"jass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jass. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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jass. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jass

Chicago

"jass." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jass.

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@misc{jass_2026,
  title = {jass},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jass},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}