Danish

Noun

jahat c (singular definite jahatten, plural indefinite jahatte)

1. (buzzword, or ironic) An imagined hat that supposedly causes the wearer to accept a change.

   Tag din jahat på.

   Uncritically obey me. ("Take on your yes-hat")

   • 2014, Svend Brinkmann, Stå fast: Et opgør med tidens udviklingstvang, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702161762)

     Har man kun en jahat, bliver man offer for enhver tilskyndelse, hvad enten den kommer udefra eller indefra.

     If all one has is a yes-hat, one falls victim to any suggestion, whether it comes from without or within.

   • 2013, Lars Kjædegaard, Sorte sø, Rosinante & Co (ISBN 9788763828925)

     En gang imellem forekom det hende, at det mest konstruktive, det mest effektive, det mest ærlige, ville være at skide højt og flot på den professionalisme, tage jahatten af, krølle den sammen og hoppe på den og så ellers fortælle de involverede jappehoveder, at de for hendes skyld kunne gå hjem og tage gas.

     Every once in a while, it seemed to her that the most constructive, the most efficient, the most honest, would be to refrain from giving a flying **** about that professionalism, to take off the yes-hat, crumple it, jump on it, and inform the yakkers that she would not mind if they all went home and took gas.

   • 2012, Anders Seneca, Morten Christensen, Kend din kerneopgave: Innovation til hverdag, Gyldendal A/S (ISBN 9788702124309)

     Hvis pjecer og jahatte kunne ændre hverdagen i innovativ retning, så ville den offentlige sektor i sig selv være arnested for massiv innovation.

     If pamphlets and blind obedience could change the everyday in an innovative direction, the public sector would in itself be an epicenter of massive innovation.

Declension

Antonyms

• nejhat

Malay

Adjective

jahat

1. bad, evil
2. naughty, undisciplined

Verb

berjahat

1. to commit evil
2. to sin

menjahati

1. to commit evil upon someone

   Jangan kau menjahati orang-orang yang lemah.

   You shall not oppress the deprived.

Derived terms

• kejahatan
• penjahat