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Card games in Luxembourg

This page is part of the National and Regional Card Games Index of the Card Games Web Site.

Although some German and Belgian games are played, Luxembourg also has its own card game tradition. It seems that the characteristic games are:

• Mënsch - which is similar to the Canadian game Mensch - the Canadian game must be derived from the Luxembourg version.
• Kujong is a version of the Belgian game Couillon - a point-trick game with the card values ace=4, king=3, queen=2, jack=1.
• Konter a Midd or Konter a Matt is a more complex game of the same family in which the queens of spades, hearts and diamonds are added to the trump suit. A description of Konter a Matt is available on Wikipedia in Lëtzebuergesch and English.
• Kuller and Trijhak are mentioned in some encyclopedias: Kuller may well be another name for Kujong.
• Zwéck is a gambling game in which three cards are dealt to each player - almost certainly a version of the German / Austrian game Zwicken.

Schëppen Damm (Queen of Spades) is the Lëtzebuergesch name for the game of Hearts.

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