lösa upp

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Swedish

Alternative forms

Verb

lösa upp (present löser upp, preterite löste upp, supine löst upp, imperative lös upp)

  1. to dissolve
    Floden av frätande vätska löste upp allt i dess väg
    The flood of corrosive liquid dissolved everything in its path
    De löste upp äktenskapet
    They dissolved the marriage
  2. to loosen, to unravel
    Han löste upp knuten
    He loosened the knot
  3. (mathematics) to decompose
    lösa upp i primtalsfaktorer
    decompose into prime factors

Conjugation

Conjugation of lösa (weak)
active passive
infinitive lösa upp lösas upp
supine löst upp lösts upp
imperative lös upp
imper. plural1 lösen upp
present past present past
indicative löser upp löste upp löses upp löstes upp
ind. plural1 lösa upp löste upp lösas upp löstes upp
subjunctive2 löse upp löste upp löses upp löstes upp
present participle upplösande
past participle upplöst

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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