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laten

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See also:laténandlåten

English

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Etymology

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Fromlate +‎-en.

Verb

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laten (third-person singular simple presentlatens,present participlelatening,simple past and past participlelatened)

(intransitive) To growlate; becomelater.
- 1928,Siegfried Sassoon,The Complete Memoirs of George Sherston: Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, London: Faber and Faber, page 142 (Faber Paper 1972 edition):
  The afternoon waslatening, but there was, I think, a quietly commemorative glow from the west.
- 1930, Alec Waugh,Three Score and Ten, page 3:
  Not even when the hourlatened, when the courts became filled with boys returning from their holidays, when the moment for saying "Good-bye" was only a few minutes distant, not even then did his high spirits leave him.
- 2011, Catherine Winchester,Northern Light:
  Then he returned to Margaret's side and sat with her for the rest of the evening, insisting that she rest. As the hourlatened he kissed her on the cheek and got up to leave.

Anagrams

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Antle,ental,leant

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈlaːtə(n)/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation:la‧ten
Rhymes:-aːtən

Etymology 1

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FromMiddle Dutchlaten, fromOld Dutchlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną.

Verb

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laten

(copulative) toleave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
Zelieten het zo. ―Theyleft it like that.
(auxiliary, with object) toleave, to allow toremain/continue to
Laat dat daar maar liggen. ―Justleave it lying there.
(auxiliary, with object) tolet, toallow to
Zelieten hem gaan. ―Theylet him go.
(auxiliary, with object) tocause to, tomake;creates acausative phrase.
Hijliet zijn spullen op de grond vallen. ―He dropped his stuff on the ground.
Laat me weten hoe laat je thuiskomt. ―Let me know at what time you'll come home.
(auxiliary, with object) tomay, tolet;forms anoptative phrase.
Laat er licht zijn. ―Let there be light.
(auxiliary, with object) tomay, tolet;forms acohortative phrase.
Laten ze een kuil graven. ―May they dig a hole.
Laten we naar de bioscoop gaan! ―Let′s go to the cinema!
(transitive) to notdo, torefrain from
Laat dat! ―Don't do that!
Niemand vertelt mij wat ik moet doen oflaten. ―Nobody tells me what to do ornot to do.
(transitive, Suriname, colloquial) toleave someone, to end a romantic relationship
- 2019, A Sa Go,Mie Na Swit Kontretjie:
  Maar Clyde luister, luister, ik heb je je vrouw niet latenlaten.
  But Clyde, listen, listen, I didn't make youleave your wife.

Conjugation

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Conjugation oflaten (strong class 7)
infinitive	laten
past singular	liet
past participle	gelaten
infinitive	laten
gerund	latenn
	present tense	past tense
1st person singular	laat	liet
2nd person sing. (jij)	laat	liet
2nd person sing. (u)	laat	liet
2nd person sing. (gij)	laat	liet
3rd person singular	laat	liet
plural	laten	lieten

subjunctive sing.¹	late	liete
subjunctive plur.¹	laten	lieten

imperative sing.	laat
imperative plur.¹	laat

participles	latend	gelaten
¹⁾Archaic.

Derived terms

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nouns

verbs

Descendants

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Afrikaans:laat
Berbice Creole Dutch:latn
Jersey Dutch:lâte
Skepi Creole Dutch:at

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Noun

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laten

plural oflaat(“serf”)

Anagrams

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talen

Galician

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Verb

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laten

inflection oflatar:
1. third-person plural present subjunctive
2. third-person plural imperative
third-person plural present indicative oflatir

Indonesian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromDutchlatent(“latent”), fromFrenchlatent(“latent”), fromLatinlatentem, present participle oflateo(“lie hidden”).

Pronunciation

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(Standard Indonesian)IPA^(key): /ˈlatɛn/[ˈla.t̪ɛn]
Rhymes:-atɛn
Syllabification:la‧ten

Adjective

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laten (comparativelebih laten,superlativepaling laten)

latent

Low German

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Alternative forms

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låten(New Saxon Spelling)

Etymology

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FromOld Saxonlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną, fromProto-Indo-European*leh₁d-.

Verb

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laten (past singularleet,past participlelaten,auxiliary verbhebben)

(auxiliary, with an infinitive) toallow; topermit; tolet
(auxiliary, with an infinitive) tohave someone (do something); to have (something done); tomake (something happen); tocause (something to be done)
wat makenlaten ―to have something done
een wat doonlaten ―to have someone do something
(transitive) tolet; toleave
(transitive) tostop (something); toquit; torefrain from; tohelp doing (something)
(intransitive) tocease; todesist

Conjugation

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Conjugation oflaten (class 7 strong verb)
	present	preterite
infinitive	laten

1st person singular	laat	leet
2nd person singular	lettst	leetst
3rd person singular	lett	leet
plural	laat	leten

	imperative
singular	laat
plural	laat

	present	past
participle	laten	laten

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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FromOld Dutchlātan, fromProto-West Germanic*lātan, fromProto-Germanic*lētaną.

Verb

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lâten

toleave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
torelease
tolet, tolose(of bodily fluids)
toleave, to letremain, to leave behind
toleave, todepart from
to notdo, torefrain from
tostop doing, tocease doing
(auxiliary) toallow, to notprevent
(auxiliary) tocause to, tomake

Inflection

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Conjugation oflâten (strong class 7)
		present	past	present	past
infinitive	base form	lâten
	genitive	lâtens
	dative	lâtene

		indicative		subjunctive
1st person singular		lâte	liet	lâte	liete
2nd person singular		lâets,lâtes	liets,lietes	lâets,lâtes	lietes
3rd person singular		lâet,lâtet	liet	lâte	liete
1st person plural		lâten	lieten	lâten	lieten
2nd person plural		lâet,lâtet	liet,lietet	lâet,lâtet	lietet
3rd person plural		lâten	lieten	lâten	lieten

		imperative
singular		lâet,lâte
plural		lâet,lâtet

		present	past
participle		lâtende	gelâten