skat

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See also: Skat, Skät, скат, and скать

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Skat.

Pronunciation

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.

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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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

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

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

Alternative forms

skatt, scat

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

skat m

  1. treasure, money, wealth
  2. tax

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: schat

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From German Skat, from Italian scartare.

Pronunciation

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