skat

See also: Skat, Skät, скат, and скать

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæt/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: scat

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.
3. (UK, dialect) Alternate spelling of scat: a brisk shower of rain, driven by the wind.

Translations

trick-taking card game

• Bulgarian: скат (bg) m (skat)
• Esperanto: skato
• Finnish: skat (fi)
• German: Skat (de) m, Skatspiel (de) n

widow of two cards in the game of skat

• German: Skat (de) m

Anagrams

• AKST, KTAS, Kast, askt, kast, kats, task

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 skatjie)

1. treasure
2. honey, darling, sweet person

   Synonyms: skattebol, skattie

Derived terms

• skatkis
• skatryk
• skattebol
• woordeskat

 

Etymology 2

From Dutch schatten.

Verb

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

1. to estimate
2. to appraise

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skattr, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz (“cattle, goods, wealth”).

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

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

skatt, scat

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *skatt (“treasure, money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skɑt/

Noun

skat m

1. treasure, money, wealth
2. tax

Derived terms

• hovidskat

Descendants

• Middle Low German: schat
  • German Low German: Schatt

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Skat, from Italian scartare.

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 [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024