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

"We expect you on Wednesday for Skat," said Mrs. Freudenthal.

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Even the skat players gave their attention for a few moments at a time.

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In their corner the skat players were sitting over their cards.

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Skat, skat, n. a game played with thirty-two cards as in Piquet, and said to have been invented in 1817 in Altenburg.

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And in that case all would be lost; but those skat players, it seemed to him, would go on playing undisturbed.

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