dat
English
Etymology
Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German dat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dæt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -æt
Determiner
dat
- (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
Derived terms
Conjunction
dat
- (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
Pronoun
dat
- (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
Derived terms
Adverb
dat (not comparable)
- (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
Afrikaans
Alternative forms
- lat (Cape Afrikaans)
Etymology
From Dutch dat, from Middle Dutch dat, from Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dat/
Usage notes
- In Afrikaans the use of that is optional, as in English, but it is somewhat more commonly retained than 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.
Catalan
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German dat, daz, from Old High German daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Cognate with German das, dass, Dutch dat, English that, Faroese tað.
Conjunction
dat
- (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.
References
- “dat” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dat, from Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat, neuter form of *sa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: dat
- Rhymes: -ɑt
Determiner
dat
- that (neuter); referring to a thing or a person further away.
- dat huis ― that house
- dat kind ― that child
Inflection
Dutch demonstrative determiners | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Plural | |
Proximal | deze | deze | dit | deze |
Distal | die | die | dat | die |
Possessive | diens | dier | diens | dier |
Derived terms
Pronoun
dat n
- (demonstrative) that, that there
- Wat is dat?
- What is that?
- (by extension, demonstrative, clipping of datzelfde) that same (thing), the aforementioned
- –Voordat je weggaat, zet het afval buiten alsjeblieft!
–Oké, ik zal dat (doen).- –Before you leave, take the rubbish out please!
–Okay, I will do that.
- –Before you leave, take the rubbish out please!
- (relative) who, which, that
- Ik ken een meisje dat dat kan.
- I know a girl who can do that.
- (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 Category: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)
Conjunction
dat
- 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.
Dutch Low Saxon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɑt/
Adjective
dat n
- (demonstrative) that
- Ik mag dat book. ― I like that book.
- ...un dat schapp, weck ümmer leddig was. ― ...and that cabinet, which was always empty.
Usage notes
- Use as a relative pronoun may not exist in all dialects.
Synonyms
German
Alternative forms
- det (Berlin-Brandenburg)
Etymology
A regional form adopted into colloquial standard German. In western Germany from Central Franconian dat, from northern Middle High German dat, from northern Old High German that, dat, an unshifted relict form possibly due to Frankish influence. In northern Germany from German Low German dat, from Middle Low German dat, from Old Saxon that.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dat/
- (Berlin-Brandenburg) also IPA(key): /dɐt/, /dət/
Audio (file)
Article
dat
Conjunction
dat
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.
German Low German
Conjunction
dat
- that
- Sęd ik, dat ik Kauken hęw?
- Did I say that I have cake?
- Friedrich Woeste, Märkische Schreckmärchen, in: Monatsschrift für rheinisch-westfälische Geschichtsforschung und Altertumskunde, edited by Richard Pick, vol. 1, Bonn, 1875, p. 487–489, here p. 487, in nr. 1 De dicke Nunne:
- As dai Lü saiht19, dat se vüar dem Spouke nitt mär sloapen könt, do trecket20 se uut dem Hüseken un saüket21 sick ne annere Wuǝninge.
19. sehen. 20. ziehen. 21. suchen.
- As dai Lü saiht19, dat se vüar dem Spouke nitt mär sloapen könt, do trecket20 se uut dem Hüseken un saüket21 sick ne annere Wuǝninge.
Usage notes
- Use as a relative pronoun may not exist in all dialects.
Synonyms
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dat/, [d̪ät̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dat/, [d̪ät̪]
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German that, dat, a northern variety of daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Dutch dat, Limburgish dat.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daːt/ (heavily stressed)
- IPA(key): /dat/, [dɑt] (otherwise)
- Rhymes: -aːt, -ɑt
Middle Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dat/
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat.
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Further reading
- “dat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “dat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “dat (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “dat (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *tëtë.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtah(t)/
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronoun
dat
See also
person | first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
case | singular | singular masculine | singular feminine | singular neuter | ||
nominative | eg, je1 | du | han | ho | det, dat2 | |
accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 |
dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 |
genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 |
case | plural | |||||
nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | dei | |||
accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | ||
dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | ||
genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 |
References
- Nynorskkorpuset - search for 'dat'
- “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *þat, neuter of *sa (“the”). More at that.
Pite Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *tëtë.
See also
References
- Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢 (dat) — Hanifi Rohingya script
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdat/
- Rhymes: -at
Declension
Related terms
Tolai
Alternative forms
- da (when preceding a verb)
Pronoun
dat
- you (many) and I, you (many) and me (first-person inclusive plural pronoun)
- Da vana!
- Let's go!
Turkish
Volapük
West Frisian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔt/
Further reading
- “dat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
Further reading
- “dat (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011