Skat

See also: skat and Skät

German

Etymology

From Italian scarto (“discard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskaːt/

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• Rhymes: -aːt

Noun

Skat m (genitive Skates, plural Skate or Skats)

1. (uncountable) A type of trick-taking card game played with 3 players, popular in Germany.
2. (countable, in the plural) The two discards in the game of Skat.

Further reading

• Skat (card game) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Skat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de