dat

See also: Variations of "dat"

dat - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dæt/

Determiner

dat

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, New York City, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

Conjunction

dat

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, New York City, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

Pronoun

dat

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, New York City, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

Derived terms

Adverb

dat (not comparable)

  1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, New York City, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

Anagrams

dat - Afrikaans

Alternative forms

  • lat (Cape Afrikaans)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dat/

Conjunction

dat

  1. that (introducing a subordinate clause)

Usage notes

  • In Afrikaans the use of that is optional, as in English, but it is somewhat more commonly retained that in English usage. If a clause is introduced by dat, the clause follows the verb-final word order of subordinate clauses. If dat is absent, the clause observes the word order of main clauses, leading to the following contrast in syntax:
    • Hy weet dat die doktor te laat kom.
      • He knows that the doctor will arrive too late.
    • Hy weet die doktor kom te laat.
      • He knows the doctor will arrive too late.

Derived terms

dat - Catalan

Verb

dat m sg

  1. (obsolete) past participle of dar

dat - Cimbrian

Conjunction

dat

  1. (Sette Comuni) that
    • Amme lésten hattar bostant dat ze habenten galummet so borhantan.
      • Finally he understood that they were teasing him.
    • Net alle de lòite klóobent dat d'èerda ist pummalot.
      • Not everyone believes that the earth is round.

dat - Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈdat]

Proper noun

dat

  1. genitive plural of data

dat - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɑt/
  • Hyphenation: dat

Determiner

dat

  1. that (neuter); referring to a thing or a person further away.
    • dat huisthat house
    • dat kindthat child

Inflection

Dutch demonstrative determiners
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Proximal dezedezeditdeze
Distal diediedatdie
Possessive diensdierdiensdier

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Berbice Creole Dutch: dati
  • Jersey Dutch: dāt
  • Negerhollands: dat, da

Pronoun

dat n

  1. (demonstrative) that, that there
    • Wat is dat?
      • What is that?
  2. (by extension, demonstrative, clipping of datzelfde) that same (thing), the aforementioned
    • –Voordat je weggaat, zet het afval buiten alsjeblieft! –Okee, ik zal dat (doen).
      • –Before you leave, take the rubbish out please! –Okay, I will do that.
  3. (relative) who, which, that
    • Ik ken een meisje dat dat kan.
      • I know a girl who can do that.
  4. (exophoric) that, those (regardless of gender and number)
    • Dat is een man.
      • That is a man.
    • Dat zijn mannen.
      • Those are men.

Usage notes

This pronoun can combine with a preposition to form a pronominal adverb. When this occurs, it is changed into its adverbial/locative counterpart daar. See also Dutch pronominal adverbs.

A preceding comma may alter the meaning of a clause starting with a relative pronoun. Compare the following sentences:

  • Het boek dat wit was, gaf ik terug.
    • I returned the book that was white. (The white book specifically, not another: specificative phrase)
  • Het boek, dat wit was, gaf ik terug.
    • I returned the book, which was white. (The book happened to be white: explicative phrase)

Descendants

  • Petjo: dat
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: dat

Conjunction

dat

  1. that (introducing a subordinate clause)
    • Ik zag dat het goed was.
      • I saw that it was good.

Usage notes

  • In Dutch the use of that is mandatory, with the following clause using the verb-final word order of subordinate clauses: Zij wist dat de lijkbidder te laat zou komen. (“She knew that the undertaker would arrive too late.”) A rare exception is found in some marginal slang contexts, that are often heavily influenced by English and where the conjunction is sometimes omitted.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dat
  • Negerhollands: dat

dat - Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɑt/

Article

dat n (definite article)

  1. the
    • Dat huus was trechtmakt.The house was finished.

Adjective

dat n

  1. (demonstrative) that
    • Ik mag dat book.I like that book.
    • ...un dat schapp, weck ümmer leddig was....and that cabinet, which was always empty.

Conjunction

dat

  1. that

Pronoun

dat

  1. (demonstrative) that

Pronoun

dat n

  1. (relative) which, that

Usage notes

  • Use as a relative pronoun may not exist in all dialects.

Synonyms

dat - German

Alternative forms

  • det (Berlin-Brandenburg)

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dat/
  • (Berlin-Brandenburg) also IPA: /dɐt/, /dət/

Article

dat

  1. (colloquial, regional, also Ruhrdeutsch) Alternative form of das
    • Gibste mir ma’ dat Wasser?
      • Could you pass me the water?

Pronoun

dat

  1. (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of das
    • Dat weiß ich nich'.
      • I don't know that.

Pronoun

dat

  1. (colloquial, regional, neuter nominative) it

Conjunction

dat

  1. (colloquial, regional) Alternative form of dass
    • Ich glaub, dat der 'n bisschen übertreibt.
      • I believe that he's exaggerating a little.

Usage notes

  • Although found in the native dialects throughout northern and western Germany, the near-exclusive use of dat in colloquial standard German is most typical of the West (chiefly North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate). In the other areas the forms dat and das are used in free variation. In Berlin, the form dit (local form of this) often has replaced dat.

dat - German Low German

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dat/
  • IPA: [da̝t], [dæt]

Article

dat n (definite article)

  1. the
    • dat Huusthe house

Adjective

dat n

  1. (demonstrative) that
    • Ik mag dat Book.
      • I like that book.

Conjunction

dat

  1. that
    • Sęd ik, dat ik Kauken hęw?
      • Did I say that I have cake?

Pronoun

dat

  1. (demonstrative) that
    • Kick di dat an!
      • [Would you] look at that!

Pronoun

dat n

  1. (relative) which, that
    • dat Schipp, dat wi sailt hębbenthe ship that we have sailed

Usage notes

  • Use as a relative pronoun may not exist in all dialects.

Synonyms

dat - Ladin

Noun

dat m (plural dac)

  1. data
  2. fact

dat - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /dat/, [d̪ät̪]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /dat/, [d̪ät̪]

Verb

dat

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of

dat - Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dat/

Verb

dat

  1. supine of daś

dat - Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /daːt/ (heavily stressed)
  • IPA: /dat/, [dɑt] (otherwise)

Determiner

dat n (unstressed d')

  1. neuter singular of deen

Declension

Luxembourgish definite articles
masculine feminine neuter plural
nom./acc. deen (den) déi (d') dat (d') déi (d')
dat. deem (dem) där (der) deem (dem) deen (den)
gen. der

dat - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dat/

Pronoun

dat

  1. that

Conjunction

dat

  1. that
  2. then, while
  3. if, when
  4. because
  5. so that
  6. insofar as

Descendants


Determiner

dat

  1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of die

Contraction

dat

  1. Contraction of dat het.

dat - Nigerian Pidgin

Determiner

dat

  1. that

dat - Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈtah(t)/

Determiner

dat

  1. it, that, the, the aforementioned

Inflection

Pronominal inflection
Nominative dat
Genitive dan

dat - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronoun

dat

  1. (dated, dialectal) it; succeeded by det
    • Dat varte ikkje lenge.
      • It did not last long.
  2. (dated, dialectal) that; succeeded by det
    • Dat vil eg ikkje segja deg.
      • I will not tell you that.

dat - Old High German

Alternative forms

Conjunction

dat

  1. (northern) that

Descendants

dat - Pite Sami

Pronoun

dat

  1. this, that

dat - Rohingya

Alternative forms

  • 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢 (dat) Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

dat (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢)

  1. tooth

dat - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈdat/
  • Hyphenation: dat

Verb

dat (past participle of da)

  1. past participle of da
    • Mi-a dat cartea.He gave me the book.

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/ accusative indefinite dat dată dați date
definite datul data dații datele
genitive/ dative indefinite dat date dați date
definite datului datei daților datelor

dat - Tolai

Alternative forms

  • da (when preceding a verb)

Pronoun

dat

  1. you (many) and I, you (many) and me (first-person inclusive plural pronoun)
    • Da vana!
      • Let's go!

Declension

singular dual paucal plural
1st person exclusive iau amir mir amital mital avet ave1
1st person inclusive - dor datal dat da1
2nd person u amur mur amutal mutal avat ava1
3rd person ia i dir di dital diat dia1
1) The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

dat - Turkish

Noun

dat

  1. Alternative form of dad

dat - Volapük

Conjunction

dat

  1. so that

dat - West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /dɔt/

Pronoun

dat

  1. that

Conjunction

dat

  1. that

Determiner

dat

  1. neuter of dy
Meaning and Definition of dat
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