Idiom idiom
German virgin
Meaning
A poker hand in Texas hold 'em, consisting of two nine cards.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I hope I get a German virgin in this hand.”
“He smiled when he saw his pocket cards were a German virgin.”
“After folding for an hour, he finally received a German virgin and decided to raise the stakes.”
Origin
The term is a pun constructed from the phonological similarity between the English numeral nine and the German word for no, *nein*. The repetition of the number in the phrase *nine nine* is intended to evoke the German *nein nein*, or "no, no."
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Last updated August 10, 2026