låte

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See also: late, latè, latë, łate, łatȩ, læte, and LATE

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Doublet of la and late.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

låte (present tense låter, past tense låt, supine and past participle lått, present participle låtende, imperative låt)

  1. (intransitive) to make, emit a sound; to sound

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Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Doublet of la and late.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

låte (present tense læt, past tense lét, supine låte, past participle låten, present participle låtande, imperative låt)

  1. (intransitive) to make, emit a sound; to sound
    Det pianoet læt fælt.
    That piano sounds awful.
  2. (intransitive, also impersonal) to seem, bode
    Det læt ille.It bodes ill.
  3. (transitive, intransitive) to say, utter
  4. (transitive, intransitive) to play (an instrument)

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Participle[edit]

låte

  1. neuter singular of låten

References[edit]

  • “låte” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
  • “låta”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
  • “laata” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

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