skaten
German, verb/ˈskaːtən/
skaten is spelled S-K-A-T-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skaten is a German verb meaning “to play skat (a card game)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Rollbrett (Skateboard) benutzen”.
What does skaten mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play skat (a card game)
verb
- 1
to skateboard, to skate with a skateboard
- 2
to rollerblade, to inline skate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Rollbrett (Skateboard) benutzen 2. Rollschuhe (Inlineskates) benutzen
verb: 1. ein bestimmtes Kartenspiel (Skat) spielen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of skaten
- skatet present singular third-person
- skatete past
- geskatet participle past
- haben auxiliary
- skatend participle present
- skate first-person indicative present
- skatest indicative present second-person
- skateten first-person indicative plural
- skatetest indicative preterite second-person
- skatetet indicative plural preterite
- skat imperative second-person singular
- habe geskatet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geskatet first-person indicative multiword-construction
- skate! imperative singular
- skatet! imperative plural
- geskatet haben auxiliary active infinitive
- zu skaten auxiliary active extended
- geskatet zu haben auxiliary active extended
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce skaten?
- /ˈskaːtən/
- /ˈskɛɪ̯tən/
- /ˈskeːtən/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to skaten
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is skaten in German?
skaten appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).