wat
Meaning
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- (interrogative) what: e.g. (1) asking for a subject complement; (2) asking for a sentence object
- (relative) what: e.g. (1) as the object of a sentence; (2) ditto
- (relative) that: e.g. (1) modifying an indefinite pronoun like iets, niets, alles or het enige; (2) modifying an adjective that is used as a noun, usually a superlative
- (relative) which: e.g. (1) modifying the demonstrative pronouns dat and datgene; (2) referring back to an entire sentence
- (indefinite) something: e.g. (1) as subject; (2) as subject complement
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʋɑt/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch wat, from Old Dutch wat, from Proto-West Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Germanic *hwat, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷód, *kʷod, compare West Frisian wat, English what, German was, Danish hvad.
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