# dat
## English
### Etymology

Pronuctiation spelling of that, representing dialects with th-stopping. Compare Dutch dat, Low German dat, and German das.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

* dat fella

### Conjunction

dat
* (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
** 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:Dey vanished...but it wasn't too long ago dat dey did. Dey oughta still be nearby.

### Pronoun

dat
* (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

#### Derived terms

* dat's
* gibs me dat
* true dat

### Adverb

dat (not comparable)
* (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.

### Anagrams

* ADT, ATD, DTA, TA'd, TAD, TAd, TDA, Tad, tad

## Afrikaans
### Alternative forms

* lat (Cape Afrikaans)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dat/

### Conjunction

dat
* 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 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.

#### Derived terms

* deurdat
* nadat
* noudat
* omdat
* opdat
* sodat
* vandat
* voordat

## Catalan
### Participle

dat (feminine dada, masculine plural dats, feminine plural dades)
* (obsolete) past participle of dar

## 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

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdat]

### Proper noun

dat
* genitive plural of data

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch dat, from Old Dutch that, from Proto-Germanic *þat, neuter form of *sa.
Cognate with German das, English that.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: dat
* Rhymes: -ɑt

### Determiner

dat n (distal demonstrative)
* neuter singular of die (“that”); referring to a thing or a person further away.
    dat huis ― that house
    dat kind ― that child

#### Derived terms

* datzelfde

#### Descendants

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

#### See also
### Pronoun

dat n (distal)
* neuter singular of die
** (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.
** (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)

#### Descendants

* Petjo: dat
* Skepi Creole Dutch: dat

### 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.

#### Derived terms

* doordat
* nadat
* omdat
* opdat
* totdat
* voordat
* zodat

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dat
* Negerhollands: dat

## Dutch Low Saxon
### Etymology

From Old Saxon that.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɑt/

### Article

dat n (definite article)
* the
    Dat huus was trechtmakt. ― The house was finished.

### 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.

### Conjunction

dat
* that

### Pronoun

dat
* (demonstrative) that

### Pronoun

dat n
* (relative) which, that

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

* wat

## 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: /dat/
* (Berlin-Brandenburg) also IPA: /dɐt/, /dət/
* Audio:(file)

### Article

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

### Pronoun

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

### Pronoun

dat
* (colloquial, regional, neuter nominative) it

### Conjunction

dat
* (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.

### References

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

## German Low German
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Old Saxon that.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dat/
* IPA: [da̝t], [dæt]

### Article

dat n (definite article)
* the
    dat Huus ― the house

### Adjective

dat n
* (demonstrative) that
    Ik mag dat Book.I like that book.

### Conjunction

dat
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* 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 saiht$^{19}$, dat se vüar dem Spouke nitt mär sloapen könt, do trecket$^{20}$ se uut dem Hüseken un saüket$^{21}$ sick ne annere Wuǝninge. 19. sehen. 20. ziehen. 21. suchen.

### Pronoun

dat
* (demonstrative) that
    Kick di dat an![Would you] look at that!

### Pronoun

dat n
* (relative) which, that
    dat Schipp, dat wi sailt hębben ― the ship that we have sailed

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

* wat

### See also

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

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology

Derived from English dat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dat/

### Determiner

dat
* that
    Dat de pus a uol.That there cat is old.

### Further reading

* dat at majstro.com

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin datus.

### Noun

dat m (plural dac)
* data
* fact

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /dat/, [d̪ät̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /dat/, [d̪ät̪]

### Verb

dat
* third-person singular present active indicative of dō

## Lower Sorbian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dat/

### Verb

dat
* supine of daś

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Determiner

dat n (unstressed d')
* neuter singular of deen

#### Declension
## Middle Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dat/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronoun

dat
* that

#### Conjunction

dat
* that
* then, while
* if, when
* because
* so that
* insofar as

##### Descendants

* Dutch: dat, het
** Afrikaans: dat
* Limburgish: det

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Determiner

dat
* neuter nominative/accusative singular of die

#### Contraction

dat
* Contraction of dat het.

### 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

## Nigerian Pidgin
### Etymology

From English that.

### Determiner

dat
* that

## Northern Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tëtë.

### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈtah(t)/

### Determiner

dat
* it, that, the, the aforementioned

#### Further reading

* Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse þat.

### Pronoun

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

#### See also

$^1$Obsolete. $^2$Landsmål. $^3$Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

#### References

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

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dādi, from Proto-Germanic *dēdiz.

### Noun

dāt f
* deed, action

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: dâet
** Dutch: daad
*** Afrikaans: daad
** Limburgish: daod

### References

* “dāt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* that
* daz, thaz

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þat, neuter of *sa (“the”). More at that.

### Conjunction

dat
* (northern) that

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: dat
** Central Franconian: dat, datt
** Luxembourgish: dat, datt

## Pite Sami
### Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tëtë.

### Pronoun

dat
* this, that

#### References

* Joshua Wilbur (2014) A grammar of Pite Saami, Berlin: Language Science Press

## Rohingya
### Alternative forms

* 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢 (dat) — Hanifi Rohingya script

### Etymology

From Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

### Noun

dat (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢)
* tooth

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdat/
* Rhymes: -at

### Adjective

dat m or n (feminine singular dată, masculine plural dați, feminine and neuter plural date)
* given

### Noun

dat n (plural daturi or date) (chiefly obsolete)
* Synonym of dar (“gift”)

### Verb

dat
* past participle of da (“to give”)

#### Derived terms

* îi fi dat

#### Related terms

* dată

### Further reading

* dat in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Scots
### Pronoun

dat
* Shetland form of that

### Determiner

dat
* Shetland form of that

### Adverb

dat
* Shetland form of that

## 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!

#### Declension

$^{1)}$ The plural pronouns lose the final -t when preceding a verb.

## Turkish
### Noun

dat
* Alternative form of dad

## Volapük
### Conjunction

dat
* so that

## West Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔt/

### Pronoun

dat
* that

#### Further reading

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

### Conjunction

dat
* that

#### Further reading

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

### Determiner

dat
* neuter of dy