låte

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²loː.tə/

Verb

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

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²loː.tə/

Verb

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)

Participle

låte

  1. neuter singular of låten

References

  • “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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