skat

[ skaht, skat ]

noun

1. a card game for three players, using a pack of 32 playing cards, sevens through aces, the object being to fulfill any of various contracts, with scoring computed on strategy and on tricks won.

skat

/ skæt /

noun

1. a three-handed card game using 32 cards, popular in German-speaking communities

Word History and Origins

Origin of skat¹

1860–65; < German skat < Italian scarto, derivative of scartare to discard, equivalent to s- ex- ¹ + -cartare, derivative of carta card ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of skat¹

C19: from German, from Italian scarto played cards, from scartare to discard, from s- ex- ¹+ carta, from Latin charta card ¹

Example Sentences

But now much of his fortune is frozen, the result of legal action by Denmark's tax authority, SKAT.

From BBC

In private, Bach seeks out good bottles of red wine — bad ones he calls Brühe, a German word for swill — and enjoys the card game skat.

From New York Times

She spent afternoons playing Skat, a card game, with her mother and her mother’s friends, who taught her aphorisms such as “if someone shows you who they are, you should believe them” or “there’s nothing a hard drink can’t fix.”

From New York Times

According to the safety data sheet, the "dangerous components" in the "Skat Shell 40 mm Multiple Projectile Round, CS" have resulted in the European Union classifying them as a "fire or projection hazard," "toxic if swallowed," "toxic if inhaled," capable of causing allergy or asthma symptoms or breathing difficulties if inhaled, and potentially "toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects."

From Salon

An updated statement on the Park Police website says “officers and other assisting law enforcement partners did not use tear gas or OC Skat Shells to close the area at Lafayette Park.”

From Fox News