German

Proper noun

Skat

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

English

Noun

skat ‎(countable and uncountable, plural skats)

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

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse skattr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /skat/, [sɡ̊ad̥]

Noun

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatte)

1. treasure

Inflection

Noun

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatter)

1. tax

Inflection

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

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