spades / grudge
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spades
One of the four suits in a French-suited deck of cards, represented by a black, stem-like leaf. The other suits are clubs, hearts, and diamonds.
Beim Skat ist Pik die zweithöchste Trumpffarbe nach Kreuz.
In Skat, spades is the second-highest trump suit after clubs.
You can easily recognize the meaning from the sentence structure. The fixed expression 'einen Pik auf jemanden haben' (to have a grudge against someone) is always the idiom for resentment. When 'Pik' (spades) is mentioned in the context of 'Karte' (card), 'spielen' (to play), or 'Trumpf' (trump), it means the card suit.
Ich glaube, mein Kollege hat einen Pik auf mich, seit ich die Beförderung bekommen habe.
I think my colleague has had a grudge against me ever since I got the promotion.
In the context of card games, 'Pik' (spades) is often combined with the other suits or with game terms. Typical expressions are 'Pik-Dame' (queen of spades), 'Pik-Ass' (ace of spades), or the announcement 'Pik ist Trumpf' (spades are trump).
Er spielte das Pik-Ass und gewann den Stich.
He played the ace of spades and won the trick.
The idiom 'einen Pik auf jemanden haben' (to have a grudge against someone) is a fixed unit. It means that you are angry with a person or are holding something against them.
Warum hast du so einen Pik auf ihn? Er hat sich doch entschuldigt.
Why do you have such a grudge against him? He apologized, after all.
In the idiom 'einen Pik auf jemanden haben' (to have a grudge against someone), the person you are angry with is always in the accusative after the preposition 'auf'.
Sie hat einen Pik auf ihre Nachbarin wegen des lauten Hundes.
She has a grudge against her neighbor because of the loud dog.
heart
'das Herz' and 'der Pik' can both be card suits. They are easy to confuse because both appear as symbols on playing cards. 'Herz' is the red suit with a heart shape. 'Pik' is the black suit with a pointed, leaf-like symbol. Outside of card games, 'Herz' is much more common and often means the organ or feelings. 'Pik' is used almost only for playing cards or in fixed expressions.
Pik ist in dieser Runde Trumpf, deshalb gewinnt Anna den Stich.
Spades is trump in this round, so Anna wins the trick.
Beim Kartenspiel fehlt mir noch ein Herz, dann habe ich eine gute Reihe.
In the card game, I still need a heart, then I’ll have a good sequence.