"låta" meaning in Swedish

See låta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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”). The sense “to sound” was also present in Old Norse and can be derived from the sense “to let (sound) go”. 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 Categories (topical): Sound
    Sense id: en-låta-sv-verb-2jnxmgkK Disambiguation of Sound: 36 64 0
  3. to allow; to let
    Sense id: en-låta-sv-verb-Mbih~7yV Categories (other): Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters: 21 5 4 2 3 1 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 4 3 2 7 3 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 31 3 2 1 5 2 56 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 7 4 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: avlåta, belåten, förlåta, inlåta, låt, låt gå, låta bli, låta vatten, nedlåta, tillåta, upplåta, utlåta, överlåta, vidlåda

Inflected forms

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        "1": "sv",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    }
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      "form": "låter",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lät",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtit",
      "tags": [
        "supine"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "låt",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "låta",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "låtit",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "låtits",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "låt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "låten",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "lät",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "låtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "läts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
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    },
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      "form": "läto",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "passive",
        "plural",
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    },
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      "form": "lätos",
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        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "låte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "present",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "läte",
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        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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        "passive",
        "present",
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    },
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      "form": "lätes",
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      "tags": [
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        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
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        "10": "låt",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "present",
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        "6": "lät",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "låtit",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "låta"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "avlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "belåten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "förlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "inlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "låt"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "låt gå"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "låta bli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "låta vatten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "nedlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "tillåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "upplåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "utlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "överlåta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "vidlåda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make sound"
      ],
      "id": "en-låta-sv-verb-XE9jhTXT",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64 0",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "sv",
          "name": "Sound",
          "orig": "sv:Sound",
          "parents": [
            "Energy",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-låta-sv-verb-2jnxmgkK",
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "seem",
          "seem"
        ],
        [
          "appear",
          "appear"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "21 5 4 2 3 1 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Swedish links with redundant target parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant target parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "37 4 3 2 7 3 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 3 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 3 2 1 5 2 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 4 89",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "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"
      ],
      "id": "en-låta-sv-verb-Mbih~7yV",
      "links": [
        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "let",
          "let"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/²loːta/"
    },
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      "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "låta"
}
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    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Swedish class 7 strong verbs",
    "Swedish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Swedish lemmas",
    "Swedish strong verbs",
    "Swedish terms derived from Old Norse",
    "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 redundant head parameter",
    "Swedish verbs",
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Swedish lāta, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to let (go), be tired”). The sense “to sound” was also present in Old Norse and can be derived from the sense “to let (sound) go”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "låter",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lät",
      "tags": [
        "preterite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtit",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låt",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "sv-conj-st",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "låta",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "låtas",
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    {
      "form": "låtit",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "låtits",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låten",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låter",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lät",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "indicative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "läts",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "läto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtas",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lätos",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "indicative",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "läte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "dated",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lätes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "passive",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "låtande",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "5": "preterite",
        "6": "lät",
        "7": "supine",
        "8": "låtit",
        "9": "imperative",
        "head": "låta"
      },
      "expansion": "låta (present låter, preterite lät, supine låtit, imperative låt)",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "låt",
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  ],
  "lang": "Swedish",
  "lang_code": "sv",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "avlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "belåten"
    },
    {
      "word": "förlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "inlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "låt"
    },
    {
      "word": "låt gå"
    },
    {
      "word": "låta bli"
    },
    {
      "word": "låta vatten"
    },
    {
      "word": "nedlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "tillåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "upplåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "utlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "överlåta"
    },
    {
      "word": "vidlåda"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to make sound"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": [
        [
          "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"
    }
  ],
  "word": "låta"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Swedish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-11-21 using wiktextract (65a6e81 and 0dbea76). 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.

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