dat

Representing a dialectal pronunciation of that, including from African American Vernacular English.

• IPA^(key): /dæt/
• Rhymes: -æt

dat

1. (slang, dialectal, nonstandard, African American Vernacular) that

dat

1. (slang, dialectal, nonstandard, African American Vernacular) that

dat

1. (slang, dialectal, nonstandard, African American Vernacular) that

• dat's

dat (not comparable)

1. (slang, dialectal, nonstandard, African American Vernacular) that

• ADT, DTA, TA'd, TAD, TAd, TDA, Tad, tad

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.

dat

1. (Sette Comuni) that

   Amme lésten hattar bostant dat ze habenten galummet so borhantan.

   Finally he understood that they were teasing him.

• “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

From Middle Dutch dat, from Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat, neuter form of *sa.

Cognate with German das, English that.

• Rhymes: -ɑt
• IPA^(key): /dɑt/

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dat

1. that (neuter); referring to a thing or a person further away.

   dat huis ― that house

   dat kind ― that child

• datzelfde

dat n

1. (demonstrative) that, that there

   Wat is dat?

   What is that?

2. (relative) who, which, that

   Ik ken een meisje dat dat kan.

   I know a girl who can do that.

3. (exophoric) that, those (regardless of gender and number)

   Dat is een man.

   That is a man.

   Dat zijn mannen.

   Those are men.

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)

• Het boek, dat wit was, gaf ik terug.

  I returned the book, which was white. (The book happened to be white)

dat

1. that

   Ik zag dat het goed was.

   I saw that it was good.

From Old Saxon that.

• IPA^(key): /dɑt/

dat n (definite article)

1. the
   • Dat huus was trechtmakt.

     The house was finished.

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.

dat

1. that

dat

1. (demonstrative) that

dat n

1. (relative) which, that

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

• wat

• det (Berlin-Brandenburg)

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.

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

dat

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of das

   Gibste mir ma’ dat Wasser?

   Could you pass me the water?

dat

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of das

   Dat weiß ich nich'.

   I don't know that.

2. (colloquial, dialectal, neuter nominative) it

dat

1. (colloquial, dialectal) Alternative form of dass

   Ich glaub, dat der 'n bisschen übertreibt.

   I believe that he's exaggerating a little.

• 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.

• http://www.atlas-alltagssprache.de/runde-1/f17a-c/

• 't
• -'t (as in an't, in't)
• -t (as in ant, int)
• datt
• dät, det (Brandenburg)

From Old Saxon that.

• IPA^(key): /dat/
• IPA^(key): [da̝t], [dæt]

dat n (definite article)

1. the

   dat Huus ― the house

dat n

1. (demonstrative) that

   Ik mag dat Book.

   I like that book.

dat

1. that

   Sęd ik, dat ik Kauken hęw?

   Did I say that I have cake?

dat

1. (demonstrative) that

   Kick di dat an!

   [Would you] look at that!

dat n

1. (relative) which, that

   dat Schipp, dat wi sailt hębben ― the ship that we have sailed

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

• wat

• de m or f
• des (det), dem, de pl, der, den

From Latin datus.

dat m (plural dac)

1. data
2. fact

dat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dō

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat

1. supine of daś

From Old High German that, dat, a northern variety of daz, from Proto-Germanic *þat. Compare Dutch dat, Limburgish dat.

• IPA^(key): /daːt/ (heavily stressed)
• IPA^(key): /dat/, [dɑt] (otherwise)
• Rhymes: -aːt, -ɑt

dat n (unstressed d')

1. neuter singular of deen

• IPA^(key): /dat/

From Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat.

dat

1. that

dat

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

See the etymology of the main entry.

dat

1. neuter nominative and accusative singular of die

dat

1. Contraction of dat het.

• “dat (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dat (III)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dat (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “dat (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
• “dat (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

From English that.

dat

1. that

From Proto-Samic *tëtë.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtah(t)/

dat

1. it, that, the, the aforementioned

• Entry 21463 in Álgu database

From Old Norse þat.

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.

• Nynorskkorpuset - search for 'dat'
• “det” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

dat

1. tooth

Past participle of da, corresponding to Latin datus.

dat (past participle of da)

1. given

   Mi-a dat cartea.

   He gave me the book.

• dată

• da (when preceding a verb)

dat

1. you (many) and I, you (many) and me (first-person inclusive plural pronoun)

   Da vana!

   Let's go!

dat

1. so that

• IPA^(key): /dɔt/

dat

1. that

• “dat (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

dat

1. that

• “dat (II)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

dat

1. neuter of dy