"låta" meaning in Swedish

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Verb

IPA: /²loːta/ Audio: Sv-låta.ogg
Etymology: From Old Swedish lāta, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). Etymology templates: {{inh|sv|gmq-osw|lata|lāta}} Old Swedish lāta, {{inh|sv|non|láta}} Old Norse láta, {{inh|sv|gem-pro|*lētaną}} Proto-Germanic *lētaną, {{der|sv|ine-pro|*leh₁d-||to let (go), be tired}} Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”) Head templates: {{head|sv|verb|present|låter|preterite|lät|supine|låtit|imperative|låt|head=låta}} låta (present låter, preterite lät, supine låtit, imperative låt) Inflection templates: {{sv-conj-st|låt|lät|låt|class=7|nopp=1}} Forms: låter [present], lät [preterite], låtit [supine], låt [imperative], strong [table-tags], låta [active, infinitive], låtas [infinitive, passive], låtit [active, supine], låtits [passive, supine], låt [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], låten [active, archaic, imperative, plural], - [archaic, imperative, passive, plural], låter [active, indicative, present], lät [active, indicative, past], låts [indicative, passive, present], låtes [indicative, passive, present], läts [indicative, passive, past], låta [active, archaic, indicative, plural, present], läto [active, archaic, indicative, past, plural], låtas [archaic, indicative, passive, plural, present], lätos [archaic, indicative, passive, past, plural], låte [active, dated, present, subjunctive], läte [active, dated, past, subjunctive], låtes [dated, passive, present, subjunctive], lätes [dated, passive, past, subjunctive], låtande [participle, present], - [participle, past]
  1. to make sound
    Sense id: en-låta-sv-verb-XE9jhTXT
  2. to sound; to seem; to appear
    Sense id: en-låta-sv-verb-2jnxmgkK
  3. to allow; to let
    Sense id: en-låta-sv-verb-Mbih~7yV Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 16 7 6 2 4 2 63 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 8 4 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: avlåta, belåten, förlåta, inlåta, låt, låta bli, låta vatten, nedlåta, överlåta, tillåta, upplåta, utlåta, vidlåda

Inflected forms

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      "form": "låtit",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "låta bli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nedlåta"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "överlåta"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "utlåta"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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          "english": "That piano sounds awful!",
          "text": "Det pianot låter förfärligt!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It sounds like it needs tuning.",
          "text": "Det låter som om det behöver stämmas.",
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        }
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        "to make sound"
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          "english": "That sounds like a good idea!",
          "text": "Det låter som en bra idé!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She didn't sound happy.",
          "text": "Hon lät inte glad.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "to sound; to seem; to appear"
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        ]
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        {
          "english": "Do you let him watch TV this late?",
          "text": "Låter du honom se på tv så här sent?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let the right one in.",
          "text": "Låt den rätte komma in.",
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        "to allow; to let"
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      "ipa": "/²loːta/"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Sv-l%C3%A5ta.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
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    "Swedish terms derived from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Old Swedish",
    "Swedish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      "form": "lät",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "avlåta"
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    {
      "word": "belåten"
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      "word": "förlåta"
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      "word": "inlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "låt"
    },
    {
      "word": "låta bli"
    },
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      "word": "låta vatten"
    },
    {
      "word": "nedlåta"
    },
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      "word": "överlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "tillåta"
    },
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      "word": "upplåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "utlåta"
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        {
          "english": "That piano sounds awful!",
          "text": "Det pianot låter förfärligt!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "It sounds like it needs tuning.",
          "text": "Det låter som om det behöver stämmas.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "to make sound"
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        {
          "english": "That sounds like a good idea!",
          "text": "Det låter som en bra idé!",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "She didn't sound happy.",
          "text": "Hon lät inte glad.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to sound; to seem; to appear"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Do you let him watch TV this late?",
          "text": "Låter du honom se på tv så här sent?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "Let the right one in.",
          "text": "Låt den rätte komma in.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to allow; to let"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "let",
          "let"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²loːta/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Sv-låta.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b2/Sv-l%C3%A5ta.ogg/Sv-l%C3%A5ta.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Sv-l%C3%A5ta.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "låta"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-30 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (210104c and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.