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Swedish
Verb
höra upp (present hör upp, preterite hörde upp, supine hört upp, imperative hör upp)
- to listen up (pay attention and listen to someone who is talking)
Hör upp, grabbar!- Listen up, guys!
om ni hade hört upp under lektionen, skulle ni ha vetat att Paris är huvudstaden i Frankrike- if you'd paid attention during class, you'd have known that Paris is the capital of France
- (rare, dated) Alternative form of upphöra; to end, to stop (doing something; transitive or intransitive, often with med)
om ni hade hört upp med att sparka boll när jag sade till er, hade fönstret inte gått sönder- if you'd stopped kicking the ball when I told you to, the window wouldn't have been broken
det hörde för tre timmar sedan upp att regna- it stopped raining three hours ago
lika plötsligt som det hade börjat, hörde regnet upp- just as suddenly as it had started, the rain stopped
regnet hörde upp, lika plötsligt som det hade börjat- the rain stopped, just as suddenly as it had started
Usage notes
Chiefly in the imperative in (sense 1), like in English.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
höra (weak)
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