Låtit

Låtit is the past participle of the Swedish verb låta, meaning to let, allow, or cause. It is used with auxiliary verbs such as har and hade to form perfect and pluperfect tenses, for example: Han har låtit henne gå (he has let her go) or Hon hade låtit bli att säga något (she had refrained from saying anything).

As a participle, låtit can appear in clauses that express a causative or permissive sense. In phrases such as låtit bli, it conveys the idea of having refrained from doing something, for example: Jag har låtit bli att fråga. It commonly appears in written and spoken Swedish in everyday clauses describing actions that someone allowed or caused to happen, or deliberately chose not to do something.

Origin and usage: låta is a long-standing verb in Swedish, derived from Old Norse, with låtit as its standard past participle in modern Swedish. The form is used across formal and informal registers. The verb should not be confused with låt, which is a noun meaning “song” and has the plural låtar; despite the similar spelling, they belong to different parts of speech and have different meanings.

See also: låta (the base verb), låtar (plural noun meaning songs).