wat

Meaning

1. what (interrogative)
2. what (relative)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɔt/

Etymology

From Old Frisian hwet, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód.

Sentences

Dat is hiel wat oars as wat ik ferwachte hie.

That is quite different from what I expected.

Alles wat mem seit, is hielendal wier .

Everything mom says is completely true.

Ik woe perfoarst wat berikke yn it libben .

I definitely wanted to achieve something in life.

Fansels wurdt er no foar fan alles en noch wat útmakke.

Of course, he is now being made out for everything and anything.

Wat der krekt bard is , is noch in riedsel.

What exactly happened is still a mystery.

Blykber is der wat bard.

Apparently something happened.

Hy ferkeapet alles wat er hat en lit him útskriuwe yn it heitelân .

He sells everything he has and has himself deregistered in his homeland.

Wat hat er wat losmakke!

What has he loosened!