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From Middle English so that, so þat, sa þat, swo þat, swa þat, from Old English swā þæt, equivalent to so + that. Cognate with Saterland Frisian sodät, West Frisian sadat, Dutch zodat, German sodaß, sodass.

91 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sodat — in order to
• Arabic: حَتَّى (ḥattā) — in order to
• Arabic: علشان (ʕalašān) — in order to
• Arabic: عشان (ʕašān) — in order to
• Arabic: حتّى (ḥatta) — in order to
• Arabic: لـ (la-) — in order to
• Arabic: عشان (ʕašan) — in order to
• Arabic: منشان (minšān) — in order to
• Azerbaijani: ki — in order to
• Belarusian: каб (kab) — in order to
• Bengali: যাতে (jate) — in order to
• Central Bikol: tanganing — in order to
• Catalan: perquè — in order to
• Catalan: per a que — in order to
• Chinese Mandarin: 以便 (yǐbiàn) — in order to
• Chinese Mandarin: 為了 /为了 (wèile) — in order to
• Ngazidja Comorian: ili — in order to
• Czech: aby — in order to
• Dutch: zodat — in order to
• Dutch: opdat — in order to
• Esperanto: por ke — in order to
• Esperanto: tiel ke — in order to
• Finnish: jotta — in order to
• Finnish: niin, että — in order to
• French: de sorte que — in order to
• French: pour que — in order to
• French: afin que — in order to
• French: afin de — in order to
• Middle French: affin que — in order to
• West-Frisian: sadat — in order to
• West-Frisian: sa't — in order to
• German: damit — in order to
• German: sodass — in order to
• Hebrew: כדי ש־ (k’dey she-) — in order to
• Hebrew: על מנת ש־ (‘al menát she-) — in order to
• Hindi: ताकि (tāki) — in order to
• Hungarian: hogy — in order to
• Hungarian: azért, hogy — in order to
• Icelandic: þannig að — in order to
• Indonesian: agar — in order to
• Indonesian: supaya — in order to
• Ingrian: jot — in order to
• Ingrian: jos — in order to
• Ingrian: eik — in order to
• Irish: i riocht is go — in order to
• Irish: ar nós go — in order to
• Irish: sa chaoi go — in order to
• Irish: ionas go — in order to
• Italian: cosicché — in order to
• Italian: perché — in order to
• Italian: affinché — in order to
• Japanese: ...ために — in order to
• Khmer: ដើម្បី (daəmbəy) — in order to
• Latin: ut — in order to
• Latvian: tāpēc — in order to
• Latvian: tāpēc ka — in order to
• Malay: اݢر — in order to
• Malay: سوڤايا — in order to
• Malay: agar — in order to
• Malay: supaya — in order to
• Polish: żeby — in order to
• Polish: aby — in order to
• Polish: by — in order to
• Polish: ażeby — in order to
• Portuguese: para que — in order to
• Portuguese: de modo que — in order to
• Portuguese: em tal guisa que — in order to
• Russian: так что (tak što) — in order to
• Russian: что́бы (štóby) — in order to
• Russian: чтоб (štob) — in order to
• Russian: да́бы (dáby) — in order to
• Scottish Gaelic: air chor 's gu — in order to
• Slovak: aby — in order to
• Swedish: så att — in order to
• Swedish: så — in order to
• Tok Pisin: olsem na — in order to
• Turkish: ki — in order to
• Ukrainian: щоб (ščob) — in order to
• Ukrainian: що́би (ščóby) — in order to
• Ukrainian: аби́ (abý) — in order to
• Volapük: dat — in order to
• Yiddish: בכדי (bikhdéy) — in order to
• Finnish: siten, että — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Finnish: jotta — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Ingrian: jot — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Ingrian: jos — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Ingrian: eik — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Latin: ut — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Swedish: så att — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Swedish: så — in such a way that, with the intent that
• Swedish: för att — in such a way that, with the intent that