Borrowed from German Skat.

• IPA^(key): /skæt/

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• Rhymes: -æt
• Homophone: scat

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.

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

• IPA^(key): /skat/, [skat]
• Rhymes: -at

From Dutch schat, from Middle Dutch schat, from Old Dutch *skat, from Proto-Germanic *skattaz.

skat (plural skatte, diminutive skatjie)

1. treasure
2. honey, darling, sweet person

   Synonyms: skattebol, skattie

From Dutch schatten.

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

1. to estimate
2. to appraise

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

• IPA^(key): /skat/, [sɡ̊ad̥]

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

• (endearing term of address): skatter

skat c (singular definite skatten, plural indefinite skatter)

1. tax

• “skat” in Den Danske Ordbog

skatt, scat

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

• IPA^(key): /skɑt/

skat m

1. treasure, money, wealth
2. tax

• hovidskat

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

From German Skat, from Italian scartare.

• IPA^(key): /skât/

skȁt m (Cyrillic spelling ска̏т)

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

• “skat”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025