gätt

See also: gatt, GATT, gátt, gått, and gą̊tt

Limburgish

Alternative forms

get (widespread variant)
jett (Krefeld)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʝɛt/
Hyphenation: gätt
Rhymes: -ɛt

Etymology

From Middle Dutch iewet, iet. The diphthong /ie̯/ developed into /je/ word-initially, as it did in High German, and the onset was then enclitically hardened to ⟨g⟩ (/ʝ/). Cognate with Dutch iets, Central Franconian jet, northern Luxembourgish jett, gett, English aught.

Adverb

gätt

(Eupen) some, somewhat
(Eupen) very

Pronoun

gätt

(Eupen) something, anything
(Eupen, indefinite pronoun) Placed before a plural noun, indicating general cases of people or things: some

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