# laten
## English
### Etymology

From late +‎ -en.

### Verb

laten (third-person singular simple present latens, present participle latening, simple past and past participle latened)
* (intransitive) To grow late; become later.
** 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 was latening, 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 hour latened, 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 hour latened he kissed her on the cheek and got up to leave.

### Anagrams

* Antle, ental, leant

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch laten, from Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

#### Verb

laten
* (copulative) to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
    Ze lieten het zo.They left it like that.
* (auxiliary, with object) to leave, to allow to remain/continue to
    Laat dat daar maar liggen.Just leave it lying there.
* (auxiliary, with object) to let, to allow to
    Ze lieten hem gaan.They let him go.
* (auxiliary, with object) to cause to, to make; creates a causative phrase.
    Hij liet 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) to may, to let; forms an optative phrase.
    Laat er licht zijn.Let there be light.
* (auxiliary, with object) to may, to let; forms a cohortative 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 not do, to refrain from
    Laat dat!Don't do that!
* (transitive, Suriname, colloquial) to leave someone, to end a romantic relationship
** 2019, A Sa Go, Mie Na Swit Kontretjie:Maar Clyde luister, luister, ik heb je je vrouw niet laten laten.But Clyde, listen, listen, I didn't make you leave your wife.

##### Derived terms

* doen en laten
* laatkoers
* laatprijs
* aaneenlaten
* aanlaten
* achterlaten
* achternalaten
* aflaten
* belaten
* bijeenlaten
* bijlaten
* binnenlaten
* blootlaten
* bovenlaten
* buitenlaten
* de kaas niet van het brood laten eten
* dichtlaten
* doodlaten
* doorlaten
* gelaten
* het achterste van zijn tong laten zien
* in het midden laten
* inlaten
* laten kennen
* laten varen
* leeglaten
* links laten liggen
* loslaten
* nalaten
* nederlaten
* neerlaten
* omlaten
* onderlaten
* ontlaten
* openlaten
* oplaten
* overlaten
* samenlaten
* teruglaten
* thuislaten
* toelaten
* tussenlaten
* uiteenlaten
* uitlaten
* vastlaten
* verlaten
* voorbijlaten
* voorlaten
* voortlaten
* vrijlaten
* weglaten

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

laten
* plural of laat (“serf”)

### Anagrams

* talen

## Galician
### Verb

laten
* inflection of latar:
** third-person plural present subjunctive
** third-person plural imperative
* third-person plural present indicative of latir

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch latent (“latent”), from French latent (“latent”), from Latin latentem, present participle of lateo (“lie hidden”).

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

laten
* latent

### Further reading

* “laten” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Low German
### Alternative forms

* låten (New Saxon Spelling)

### Etymology

From Old Saxon lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-.

### Verb

laten (past singular leet, past participle laten, auxiliary verb hebben)
* (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to allow; to permit; to let
* (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to have someone (do something); to have (something done); to make (something happen); to cause (something to be done)
    wat maken laten ― to have something done
    een wat doon laten ― to have someone do something
* (transitive) to let; to leave
* (transitive) to stop (something); to quit; to refrain from; to help doing (something)
* (intransitive) to cease; to desist

#### Conjugation

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

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch lātan, from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

### Verb

lâten
* to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
* to release
* to let, to lose (of bodily fluids)
* to leave, to let remain, to leave behind
* to leave, to depart from
* to not do, to refrain from
* to stop doing, to cease doing
* (auxiliary) to allow, to not prevent
* (auxiliary) to cause to, to make

#### Descendants

* Dutch: laten
** Afrikaans: laat
** Berbice Creole Dutch: latn
** Jersey Dutch: lâte
** Skepi Creole Dutch: at
* Limburgish: laote

### Further reading

* “laten”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “laten (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Proper noun

laten
* Alternative form of Latyn

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

laten
* Alternative form of latoun

## Spanish
### Verb

laten
* third-person plural present indicative of latir

## Swedish
### Noun

laten
* definite singular of lat

### Anagrams

* ental, talen