zat

zat

1. Eye dialect spelling of that. (usually signifying a foreign accent, often French).
   • 2009, Sue Limb, Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England, page 195:

     Marie-Louise emerged from the girls' tent, wrapped in a fleece. She sat down by Jess. "It is wonderfool now zat Jodie is feelingue bettair," she said.

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From Middle Dutch sat, from Old Dutch *sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-.

zat (comparative zatter, superlative zatst)

1. sated, full, especially with alcoholic beverage, i.e. drunk

   Hij kwam zat thuis.

   He came home drunk.

   Synonym: dronken

2. having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up

   Ik ben het zat!

   I'm fed up with this!

• ladderzat
• stiepelzat (Flanders)

zat

1. (informal) plenty

   Ik heb nog zat aardappels hier.

   I still have plenty of potatoes here.

   Synonym: genoeg

zat

1. (informal) enough

   Het is al erg zat dat mijn wasmachine kapot is, en nu mijn vaatwasser ook al!

   It's bad enough that my washing machine is broken, and now my dishwasher too!

   Synonym: genoeg

See the etymology of the main entry.

zat

1. singular past indicative of zitten

From Arabic.

zat (plural zat-zat, first-person possessive zatku, second-person possessive zatmu, third-person possessive zatnya)

1. substance