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aufdecken

to reveal / turn face-up (a card or tile)

verb OWF-dek-ken Rare
Arts & Culture Games

Also means

to uncover / expose

Usage Note

aufdecken in games means to flip a card or tile face-up, revealing its value: eine Karte aufdecken (reveal a card). More broadly it means to uncover or expose something hidden: einen Betrug aufdecken (expose a fraud). The separable prefix auf- signals an opening or revealing motion.

Examples

"Zum Spielstart darf jeder Spieler drei Karten aufdecken."

Natural Translation

At the start of the game each player may reveal three cards.

Literal Translation

To the game-start may each player three cards reveal.

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