skat

See also: Skat, Skät, скат, and скать

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

Noun

skat (countable and uncountable, plural skats)

1. (uncountable) A trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany.
2. (countable) A widow of two cards in the game of skat.

Translations

1. A trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany

• German: Skat (de) m, Skatspiel (de) n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

2. A widow of two cards in the game of skat

• German: Skat (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• AKST, Kast, askt, kast, kats, task

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skat/, [skat]
• Rhymes: -at

Etymology 1

From Dutch schat, from Middle Dutch schat, from Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

Noun

skat (plural skatte, diminutive skattie)

1. treasure
2. honey, darling, sweet person

Derived terms

• skat
• skatryk
• skattekis
• woordeskat
• skattebol

Etymology 2

From Dutch schatten.

Verb

skat (present skat, present participle skatende, past participle geskat)

1. to estimate
2. to appraise

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skattr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skat/, [sɡ̊ad̥]

Noun

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatte)

1. treasure
2. (uninflected) term of address for loved one (significant other, close friend/relative etc.); honey, sweetie

Declension

Declension of skat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skat	skatten	skatte	skattene
genitive	skats	skattens	skattes	skattenes

Synonyms

• (endearing term of address): skatter

Noun

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatter)

1. tax

Inflection

Declension of skat

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	skat	skatten	skatter	skatterne
genitive	skats	skattens	skatters	skatternes

References

• “skat” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Germanic: cognate with Old Frisian skett ‘money, cattle’, Old English sceatt, Dutch schat, Old High German scaz (German Schatz ‘treasure’), Old Norse skattr (Danish skat, Icelandic skattur, Norwegian skatt), Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐍄𐍄𐍃 (skatts).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̺kɑt/

Noun

skat m

1. treasure, money, wealth
2. tax

Derived terms

• hovidskat

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Skat, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian scasto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skât/

Noun

skȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏т)

1. a type of card game played with 3 players, popular in Germany

References

• “skat” in Hrvatski jezični portal