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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Doublet of la and late.
Pronunciation
Verb
låte (present tense låter, past tense låt, supine and past participle lått, present participle låtende, imperative låt)
- (intransitive) to make, emit a sound; to sound
References
- “låte” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “låte” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną. Doublet of la and late.
Pronunciation
Verb
låte (present tense læt, past tense lét, supine låte, past participle låten, present participle låtande, imperative låt)
- (intransitive) to make, emit a sound; to sound
Det pianoet læt fælt.- That piano sounds awful.
- (intransitive, also impersonal) to seem, bode
- Det læt ille. ― It bodes ill.
- (transitive, intransitive) to say, utter
- (transitive, intransitive) to play (an instrument)
Participle
låte
- 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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