skat

(skat, skät)

noun

a card game for three people, played with thirty-two cards

Origin: Ger < It scarto, discard < scartare, to discard < s- (< L ex-, out) + carta, card (< L charta: see card)

See skat in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A card game for three persons that is played with 32 cards, sevens through aces.
One of the combinations of cards occurring in this game.

Origin:

Origin: German

Origin: , from Italian scarto, a discarded card

Origin: , from scartare, to reject

Origin: : s-, out; see sfumato

Origin: + carta, card (from Latin charta, paper made of papyrus; see card¹)

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