skat

See also: Skat, Skät, and скат

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.

Anagrams


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

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.

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

Synonyms

  • (endearing term of address): skatter

Noun

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatter)

  1. tax

Inflection

References


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


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Skat, from 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
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