Lad os gøre det i weekenden.

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Breakdown of Lad os gøre det i weekenden.

• weekenden: the weekend
• lad os gøre det: let's do it

Questions & Answers about Lad os gøre det i weekenden.

What does Lad os mean, and why is it used here?

Lad os is the standard Danish way to say let’s ... when making a suggestion.

Grammatically, it is:

• lad = imperative form of lade (to let)
• os = us

So literally it is let us, but in normal modern Danish it works just like English let’s:

• Lad os gå. = Let’s go.
• Lad os spise. = Let’s eat.

It is a very common and natural expression.

Why is it gøre and not gør?

Because after lad os, Danish normally uses the infinitive form of the verb.

So:

• gøre = infinitive, to do
• gør = imperative or present-tense form, depending on context

After lad os, you want:

• Lad os gøre det = Let’s do it

Not:

• Lad os gør det ❌

You can think of it as similar to English let us do it, where do is the base form.

Why is there no at before gøre?