upp

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse upp. Akin to English up.

Pronunciation

Adverb

upp

  1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of opp (up)
    Upp i dalenUp into the valley (lative)

References

  • “upp” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *upp. Cognate with Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old Dutch up, Old High German ūf, Old Norse upp.

Pronunciation

Adverb

upp

  1. up

Usage notes

This word is used to describe where something is going: sēo sunne gǣþ upp (“the sun goes up”). To describe where something is located, the word uppe is used instead: sēo sunne is uppe (“the sun is up”).

Antonyms

Descendants

  • Middle English: up, upp, ap
    • English: up
    • Scots: up
    • Yola: ap, up

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *upp (up). Cognate with Old English upp, Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old High German ūf, Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup).

Preposition

upp

  1. up

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: upp
  • Faroese: upp
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: upp
  • Old Swedish: up
  • Danish: op
    • Norwegian Bokmål: opp
      • Norwegian Nynorsk: opp

References

  • upp”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • opp (common in some Swedish dialects)

Etymology

From Old Norse upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɵp/,
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɵp

Adverb

upp (not comparable)

  1. up (away from earth’s centre)
    Antonym: ner
    Han klättrade upp för stegen, så nu är han uppe på taket
    He climbed up the ladder, so now he's up on the roof

Derived terms

Related terms

  • uppe (up, as a location)
  • uppå (upon)

References