tillater

Tillater is a Norwegian verb meaning "to allow" or "to permit." It is used to express permission, authorization, or capability, and appears in everyday speech as well as in formal or administrative contexts. The infinitive form is å tillate, and the present tense form for all persons is tillater, as in Dette programmet tillater lagring av data, meaning This program allows data storage. The verb is commonly followed by an infinitival clause to specify what is being allowed.

The term has cognates in other Scandinavian languages, such as Danish tillader and Swedish tillåter, which share the same core meaning. Etymologically, tillate is related to older Germanic roots meaning to let or permit, with parallels in related words across the Nordic languages. In Norwegian, the noun derived from the verb is tillatelse, meaning permission or authorization, and related forms include the verb tilate in older or regional usages and the adjectival or nominal forms that describe permitted actions or statuses.

Usage notes commonly found in contemporary Norwegian include the verb’s role in technology, law, and everyday rules. It appears in software documentation to describe enabled features, in regulatory language to indicate what actions are permissible, and in conversational language to state boundaries or allowances. Phrases often combine tillate with modal constructions such as kan tillate (can allow) or må tillate (must allow), and it frequently coexists with nouns like tillatelse to name the permission itself. See also: tillatelse, tillåte, tillåtet.