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Clipping of English Darang Deng with t as a placeholder.

dat

1. (international standards, obsolete) Former ISO 639-3 language code for Darang Deng.

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

• IPA^(key): /dæt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æt

dat

1. (dialectal, nonstandard, African-American Vernacular, MLE, Ireland, foreign accents, or humorous) Pronunciation spelling of that.
   • 2015 November 12, Bu Kerry Chan Laddaran, “Pidgin English now an official language of Hawaii”, in CNN‎^[1], archived from the original on 27 May 2019:

     Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad.

dat

1. (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.

dat

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

   Whadda I do? Dis an' dat.

dat (not comparable)

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

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

• lat (Cape Afrikaans)

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

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat

1. that (introducing a subordinate clause)

• 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 dokter te laat kom.

  He knows that the doctor will arrive too late.

  Hy weet die dokter kom te laat.

  He knows the doctor will arrive too late.

dat (feminine dada, masculine plural dats, feminine plural dades)

1. (obsolete) past participle of dar

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.

   Net alle de lòite klóobent dat d'èerda ist pummalot.

   Not everyone believes that the earth is round.

• “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

• IPA^(key): [ˈdat]

dat

1. genitive plural of data

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

Cognate with German das, English that.

• IPA^(key): /dɑt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: dat
• Rhymes: -ɑt

dat n (distal demonstrative)

1. neuter singular of die (“that”); referring to a thing or a person further away.

   dat huis ― that house

   dat kind ― that child

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

dat n (distal)

1. neuter singular of die
   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!
      –Oké, 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.

2. (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: 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)

• Petjo: dat
• Skepi Creole Dutch: dat

dat

1. that (introducing a subordinate clause)

   Ik zag dat het goed was. ― I saw that it was good.

2. (colloquial) used behind another subordinating conjunction
   • 2026, Ewoud Ceulemans, quoting Els Breugelmans, “Lidl zegt '1+1 gratis' vaarwel in Nederland, maar niet in België: 'De schadelijke gevolgen van die promoties zijn er bij ons nochtans ook'”, in De Morgen‎^[2], archived from the original on 27 January 2026:

     Ik begrijp waarom dat ze dat zeggen: […]

     I understand why they say that: […]

• 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.

• Afrikaans: dat
• Negerhollands: dat

Cyrillic		дат

• IPA^(key): /dat/

Inherited from Old Anatolian Turkish طات (dat), from Proto-Turkic *tātïg. Compare Turkish tat, Azerbaijani dad, Turkmen dat.

• dad

dat (definite accusative dadı, plural datlar)

1. taste

   imään dadı yok ― the food is tasteless (literally, “doesn't have taste”)

2. flavor

   Synonym: çeşnä

3. (figurative) taste, flavor, likability

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dat

1. second-person singular imperative of datmaa

• Ciachir, Mihail (1938), “dat”, in Dicționar gagauzo (tiurco)–român pentru gagauzii din Basarabia (in Romanian), Chișinău, page 39
• Kopuşçu M. İ., Todorova S. A., Kiräkova T.İ., editors (2019), “dat”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 5-12, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 50
• Çebotar, Petri; Dron, Ion (2002), “dat”, in Gagauzça-Rusça-Romınca Sözlük [Gagauz-Russian-Romanian Dictionary]‎^[3], Chișinău: Pontos Press, →ISBN, page 181
• Baboglu, N. İ.; Baboglu, İ. İ. (1993), “дат”, in Gagauzça-Rusça hem Rusça Gagauzça Şkola Sözlüü [Gagauz-Russian and Russian-Gagauz School Dictionary], Chișinău: Vivat, →ISBN, page 24
• Mavrodi M. F., editor (2019), “dat”, in Gagauzça-rusça sözlük: klaslar 1-4, Komrat: Gagauziya M.V. Maruneviç adına Bilim-Aaraştırma merkezi, →ISBN, page 26
• N. A Baskakov, editor (1972), “дат”, in Gagauzsko-Russko-Moldavskij Slovarʹ [Gagauz-Russian-Moldovan Dictionary], Moskva: Izdatelʹstvo Sovetskaja Enciklopedija, →ISBN, page 134

• 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/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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dat

1. (colloquial, regional, also Ruhrdeutsch) alternative form of das

   Gibste mir ma’ dat Wasser?

   Could you pass me the water?

dat

1. (colloquial, regional) alternative form of das

   Dat weiß ich nich'.

   I don't know that.

dat

1. (colloquial, regional, neuter nominative) it

dat

1. (colloquial, regional) 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/

From English dat.

dat

1. that

Inherited from English that. Compare English dat.

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat

1. that

   Dat de pus a uol.

   That there cat is old.

• dat at majstro.com
• “A Learner’s Grammar of Jamaican”, in Open Grammar Project‎^[4], 2015, Glossary‎^[5]

From Latin datus.

dat m (plural dac)

1. data
2. fact

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdat]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdat]

dat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of dō

• 't; (in Dutch Low Saxon also) t
• (German Low German) -'t (as in an't, in't), -t (as in ant, int)
• (German Low German) datt
• (Brandenburg) dät / det

From Old Saxon that.

• (German Low German) IPA^(key): /dat/, [da̝t], [dæt]
• (Dutch Low Saxon) IPA^(key): /dɑt/

dat n (definite article)

1. the

   dat Huus ― the house

   Dat huus was trechtmakt. (Dutch Low Saxon) ― 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

   Sęd ik, dat ik Kauken hęw? (German Low German)

   Did I say that I have cake?

   • 1875, Friedrich Woeste, Märkische Schreckmärchen, in the Monatsschrift für rheinisch-westfälische Geschichtsforschung und Altertumskunde, edited by Richard Pick, vol. 1, Bonn, p. 487(–489), 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.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 (German Low German) ― 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

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat

1. supine of daś

From Old High German that, dat, a northern variety of daʒ, 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

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

dat

1. neuter nominative/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
• 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

From English that.

dat

1. that

From Proto-Sami *tëtë.

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtah(t)/

dat

1. it, that, the, the aforementioned

Pronominal inflection
Nominative	dat
Genitive	dan
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dat	dat
Accusative	dan	daid
Genitive	dan	daid
Illative	dasa	daidda
Locative	das	dain
Comitative	dainna	daiguin
Essive	danin

• Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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

dāt f

1. deed, action

• meindāt
• misdāt
• weladāt

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

• “dāt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

• that
• daȥ, thaȥ

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

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat

1. (northern) that

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

From Proto-Sami *tëtë.

dat

1. this, that

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

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *des (“eye”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /dat/

dat (plural unknown)

1. eye

• Портфель Миллера in Russian state archives, folio 199.
• Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 180

• 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢 (dat) — Hanifi Rohingya script

From Sanskrit दन्त (danta).

dat (Hanifi spelling 𐴊𐴝𐴃𐴢)

1. tooth

• да́ть (dáti) — pre-1860s Cyrillic spelling

• IPA^(key): /ˈdat/
• Rhymes: -at

dat m or n (feminine singular dată, masculine plural dați, feminine/neuter plural date)

1. given

dat n (plural daturi or date) (chiefly obsolete)

1. synonym of dar (“gift”)

dat

1. past participle of da (“to give”)

• îi fi dat

• dată

• “dat”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

dat

1. Shetland form of that

dat

1. Shetland form of that

dat

1. Shetland form of that

• 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. alternative form of dad

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