uppgång

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Swedish

Etymology

upp +‎ gång

Noun

uppgång c

  1. an ascent (of the sun or another heavenly body)
  2. an ascent (way up, for example to an upper floor or out of a metro)
  3. an entrance (in a building with many entrances, each with a stairwell)
    adressen Storgatan 14 B avser hus 14 uppgång B
    the address 14 B Main Street refers to building 14, entrance B
  4. an increase, a rise
    • 1961, title of the Swedish translation of William L. Shirer's book (1959)
      Det tredje rikets uppgång och fall : det nazistiska Tysklands historia
      The rise and fall of the Third Reich : a history of Nazi Germany

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