satt

See also: Satt, sátt, sätt, and sått

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʰtː/
• Rhymes: -aʰtː
• Homophone: sætt

Adjective

satt

1. neuter nominative/accusative singular of sannur

Adverb

satt

1. truly

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German sat, from Old High German sat, from Proto-Germanic *sadaz, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂-. Compare Dutch zat, English sad, Danish sat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zat/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -at

Adjective

satt (strong nominative masculine singular satter, comparative satter, superlative am sattesten)

1. not hungry, satiated, full, done

   Willst du noch was? − Nein danke, ich bin satt.

   Do you want some more? – No thanks, I'm done.

2. fed up, sick of (see usage notes)

   Ich habe deinen Quatsch satt!

   I'm sick of your nonsense!

   • 1966, Otfried Preußler, Das kleine Gespenst:

     „Eine halbe Woche lang habe ich diesen Höllenlärm über mich ergehen lassen, dann bekam ich es satt!“

     For half a week I let this hellish noise go on above me, and then I got fed up with it!

3. full, ample
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 33/2010, page 71:

     Sogar die Zahl der Millionäre wuchs 2009 um satte 17 Prozent.

     Even the number of millionaires grew in 2009 by a full 17 percent.

Usage notes

• common in speech and writing: es/etwas/ihn satt haben, literary: es/etwas satt sein, dated: ihn satt sein, archaic: einer Sache/seiner satt sein
• According to Ngram Viewer, the idiomatic expression with the sense "fed up" has been used much more with haben and the accusative (ich habe es satt) than with sein and the accusative (ich bin es satt) since about 1910. Even rarer is use with sein and the genitive (ich bin dieser Sache satt / ich bin seiner satt), which was common in the 1800s and earlier and which is marked as literary by the Duden and DWDS but is now very rare even in books (except in the expression des Lebens satt sein, for example, which is used in the Bible and probably therefore continues to be used in books, though das Leben satt sein has become as common in books since about 1890).

Declension

Positive forms of satt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist satt	sie ist satt	es ist satt	sie sind satt
strong declension (without article)	nominative	satter	satte	sattes	satte
	genitive	satten	satter	satten	satter
	dative	sattem	satter	sattem	satten
	accusative	satten	satte	sattes	satte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der satte	die satte	das satte	die satten
	genitive	des satten	der satten	des satten	der satten
	dative	dem satten	der satten	dem satten	den satten
	accusative	den satten	die satte	das satte	die satten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein satter	eine satte	ein sattes	(keine) satten
	genitive	eines satten	einer satten	eines satten	(keiner) satten
	dative	einem satten	einer satten	einem satten	(keinen) satten
	accusative	einen satten	eine satte	ein sattes	(keine) satten

Comparative forms of satt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist satter	sie ist satter	es ist satter	sie sind satter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	satterer	sattere	satteres	sattere
	genitive	satteren	satterer	satteren	satterer
	dative	satterem	satterer	satterem	satteren
	accusative	satteren	sattere	satteres	sattere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der sattere	die sattere	das sattere	die satteren
	genitive	des satteren	der satteren	des satteren	der satteren
	dative	dem satteren	der satteren	dem satteren	den satteren
	accusative	den satteren	die sattere	das sattere	die satteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein satterer	eine sattere	ein satteres	(keine) satteren
	genitive	eines satteren	einer satteren	eines satteren	(keiner) satteren
	dative	einem satteren	einer satteren	einem satteren	(keinen) satteren
	accusative	einen satteren	eine sattere	ein satteres	(keine) satteren

Superlative forms of satt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am sattesten	sie ist am sattesten	es ist am sattesten	sie sind am sattesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	sattester	satteste	sattestes	satteste
	genitive	sattesten	sattester	sattesten	sattester
	dative	sattestem	sattester	sattestem	sattesten
	accusative	sattesten	satteste	sattestes	satteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der satteste	die satteste	das satteste	die sattesten
	genitive	des sattesten	der sattesten	des sattesten	der sattesten
	dative	dem sattesten	der sattesten	dem sattesten	den sattesten
	accusative	den sattesten	die satteste	das satteste	die sattesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein sattester	eine satteste	ein sattestes	(keine) sattesten
	genitive	eines sattesten	einer sattesten	eines sattesten	(keiner) sattesten
	dative	einem sattesten	einer sattesten	einem sattesten	(keinen) sattesten
	accusative	einen sattesten	eine satteste	ein sattestes	(keine) sattesten

Further reading

• “satt” in Duden online
• “satt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “satt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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Icelandic

Adjective

satt

1. inflection of sannur:
   1. neuter singular nominative strong positive degree
   2. neuter singular accusative strong positive degree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

satt

1. simple past of sitte
2. past participle of sette

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

satt

1. (non-standard since 2012) past tense of sitte

Etymology 2

From Old Norse satt, neuter of saðr, sannr. Alternative form of sant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /satː/

Adjective

satt

1. (dialect of Setesdal) neuter singular of sann’e (“true”)
2. (nonstandard) neuter singular of sann (“true”)

References

• “sann’e” at Vallemål.no
• “sann” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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Old Norse

Adjective

satt

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of saðr

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Swedish

Adjective

satt (not comparable)

1. (about a person) short and wide; "compact"

Declension

Inflection of satt
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	satt	—	—
Neuter singular	satt	—	—
Plural	satta	—	—
Masculine plural3	satte	—	—
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	satte	—	—
All	satta	—	—
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Synonyms

• undersätsig

Verb

satt

1. (deprecated template usage) past tense of sitta.
2. (deprecated template usage) supine of sätta
3. (deprecated template usage) past participle of sätta

Anagrams

• stat