oprør
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Danish
Etymology
Formally a verbal noun of oprøre (“to shock”). Borrowed from Middle Low German uprōr, cognate with German Aufruhr m and Dutch oproer (whence English uproar). The word replaced an older, related noun with a similar meaning: Proto-Germanic *hrōzō, cf. Old Saxon hrōra, Old High German hruora, German Ruhr f (“dysentery”).
Pronunciation
Noun
oprør n (singular definite oprøret, plural indefinite oprør)
- rebellion, revolt, insurrection, rising, uprising (protest against a leadership)
- commotion, excitement, turmoil (a lot of movement at a place or in the mind)
Declension
Declension of oprør
Derived terms
- bondeoprør (“peasant uprising”)
- fangeoprør (“prison uprising”)
- kvindeoprør (“female uprising”)
- oprører (“rebel”)
- oprørsbevægelse (“rebel movement”)
- oprørsforsøg (“attempted insurrection”)
- oprørsgruppe (“rebel group”)
- oprørshær (“rebel army”)
- oprørsk (“rebellious”)
- oprørsleder (“rebel leader”)
- oprørsstyrke (“rebel force”)
- oprørstrang (“rebellious urge”)
- oprørt (“incensed”)
- studenteroprør (“student rebellion”)
- ungdomsoprør (“youth rebellion”)
See also
oprør on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
