jatten
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
See also: jätten
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Yiddish יד (yad, “hand”), ידיים (yadáyim, “two hands”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]jatten
- (informal) to nick, pilfer, steal
- Synonyms: pikken, stelen
- Hier op deze plek is ooit mijn fiets gejat.
- Right in this place my bike once got nicked.
- 1983, “Zoveel te doen”, performed by Toontje Lager:
- Zoveel te doen, ik heb nog zoveel te doen: Ik moet nog eens wat jatten van een Italiaan.
Zoveel te doen, ik heb nog zoveel te doen: Ik moet nog zwemmen in de Stille Oceaan.- So much to do, I still have so much to do: I must nick something from an Italian once.
So much to do, I still have so much to do: At some point I must swim in the Pacific Ocean.
- So much to do, I still have so much to do: I must nick something from an Italian once.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of jatten (weak) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
infinitive | jatten | |||
past singular | jatte | |||
past participle | gejat | |||
infinitive | jatten | |||
gerund | jatten n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | jat | jatte | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | jat | jatte | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | jat | jatte | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | jat | jatte | ||
3rd person singular | jat | jatte | ||
plural | jatten | jatten | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | jatte | jatte | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | jatten | jatten | ||
imperative sing. | jat | |||
imperative plur.1 | jat | |||
participles | jattend | gejat | ||
1) Archaic. |
Noun
[edit]jatten