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zat
zat
English
Conjunction
zat
- Eye dialect spelling of that.
- 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.
- 2009, Sue Limb, Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England, page 195:
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑt
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sat, from Old Dutch *sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-. Compare German satt, West Frisian sêd, English sad, Danish sat.
Adjective
zat (comparative zatter, superlative zatst)
- sated, full, especially with alcoholic beverage, i.e. drunk
- Hij kwam zat thuis.
- He came home drunk.
- Hij kwam zat thuis.
- having had enough, having had it up to here, fed up
- Ik ben het zat!
- I'm fed up with this!
- Ik ben het zat!
Inflection
Inflection of zat | ||||
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uninflected | zat | |||
inflected | zatte | |||
comparative | zatter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | zat | zatter | het zatst het zatste |
|
indefinite | m./f. sing. | zatte | zattere | zatste |
n. sing. | zat | zatter | zatste | |
plural | zatte | zattere | zatste | |
definite | zatte | zattere | zatste | |
partitive | zats | zatters | — |
Derived terms
- ladderzat
- stiepelzat (Flanders)
Determiner
zat
- (informal) plenty
- Ik heb nog zat aardappels hier.
- I still have plenty of potatoes here.
- Ik heb nog zat aardappels hier.
Synonyms
Adverb
zat
- (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!
- Het is al erg zat dat mijn wasmachine kapot is, en nu mijn vaatwasser ook al!
Verb
zat