zat

See also: zať, -zat, 'zat, and žať

English

Conjunction

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.

Anagrams

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑt

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

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!
Inflection
Inflection of zat
uninflected zat
inflected zatte
comparative zatter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial zatzatterhet zatst
het zatste
indefinite m./f. sing. zattezatterezatste
n. sing. zatzatterzatste
plural zattezatterezatste
definite zattezatterezatste
partitive zatszatters—
Derived terms
  • ladderzat
  • stiepelzat (Flanders)

Determiner

zat

  1. (informal) plenty
    Ik heb nog zat aardappels hier.
    I still have plenty of potatoes here.
    Synonym: genoeg

Adverb

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

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

zat

  1. singular past indicative of zitten

Indonesian

Etymology

From Arabic.

Noun

zat

  1. substance
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