skat

See also: Appendix:Variations of "skat"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skæt/

• Audio (Midwestern US):

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: scat

Etymology 1

Noun

skat (plural skats)

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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Skat.

Noun

skat (countable and uncountable, plural skats)

1. (uncountable) A trick-taking card game for three players, popular in Germany.
   • 1916, HG Wells, Mr Britling Sees it Through, London: Hogarth Press, published 1985, page 165:

     “Who shall we play skat with when you have gone?” asked Mrs Britling.

2. (countable) A widow of two cards in the game of skat.

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
  • Low German: Schatt
    • German Low German: Schatt

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: skat

Noun

skat m inan (related adjective skatowy)

1. skat (card game)

Declension

Declension of skat

	singular	plural
nominative	skat	skaty
genitive	skatu	skatów
dative	skatowi	skatom
accusative	skat	skaty
instrumental	skatem	skatami
locative	skacie	skatach
vocative	skacie	skaty

Further reading

• “skat”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “skat”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skât/

Noun

skȁt m inan (Cyrillic spelling ска̏т)

1. skat (card game)

References

• “skat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026