skat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of skat
1860–65; < German skat < Italian scarto, derivative of scartare to discard, equivalent to s- ex- 1 + -cartare, derivative of carta card 1
Example Sentences
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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 • Jul. 20, 2021
Nick Sweeney, London, UK Having lived in Denmark for a year, and gained a Danish girlfriend, I was surprised that the usual term of endearment is skat.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2013
Strauss's fondness for skat, Wife Pauline's dislike of it, and a few other tensions of the Strauss household, once furnished Composer Strauss with a subject for an opera.
From Time Magazine Archive
The first scene in Act II depicts a skat party.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then we play skat far into the night.
From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque
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