upp

See also: Upp and UPP

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

• IPA^(key): /ʏhp/
• Rhymes: -ʏhp

Adverb

upp

1. up

Derived terms

• ala upp
• alast upp
• finna upp
• gefast upp
• lofa upp í ermina
• setja upp hundshaus
• velta upp úr brauðmylsnu
• velta upp úr hveiti

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse upp. Akin to English up.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊpː/, [ʊpʰː], [ʊ̟pʰː], [upʰː]
• (Gudbrand Valley) IPA^(key): [ʊ̟ʰpʰː]

Adverb

upp

1. (pre-1938 or dialectal) alternative form of opp (“up”)

   Upp i dalen ― Up into the valley (lative)

References

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

Old English

Alternative forms

• up, ūp

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /upp/, [up]

Adverb

upp

1. up
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE NATIVITY OF ST. ANDREW THE APOSTLE"

     Crist ða beseah upp wið þæs rican...

     Christ then looked up towards the rich man...

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE BLESSED MARTYR LAWRENCE"

     Arærað hine upp...

     Raise him up...

   • late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"

     ...and he sylf wearð færlice upp on ðære lyfte gesewen.

     ...and he himself suddenly appeared up in the air.

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

• niþer

Descendants

• Middle English: up, upp, op, oup, ap, owp
  • 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

• uptaug

Descendants

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

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “upp”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Swedish

Alternative forms

• opp (common in some Swedish dialects)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɵp/, [ɵpː]

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɵp

Adverb

upp (not comparable)

1. up (similar senses to English, though compare uppe)

   Antonym: (in many senses) 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

   upp och ner

   up and down

   (See also uppochner (“upside down”).)

   Svart rök steg upp mot himlen

   Black smoke rose into [rose up towards] the sky

   Priset har gått upp

   The price has gone up

   längre upp på kroppen

   further up on one's body

   plocka upp något from marken

   pick something up from the ground

   Hälla upp ett glas vin

   Pour [up] a glass of wine

   The upp is required in Swedish, or it sounds like the glass of wine is a liquid that's being poured.

   Nisse dök upp på festen

   Nisse showed up at the party

   ta upp en fråga

   bring up an issue

   Jag ger upp!

   I give up!

   starta upp en maskin

   start up a machine

   (Till is used for "cock up a meal" (laga till en måltid) and the like.)

3. open (to an open position or state)

   Dörren flög upp

   The door flew open

   Han skar upp säcken

   He cut open the sack

   riva upp ett sår

   tear open a wound [deliberately or accidentally, also figuratively]

   Tjuvarna bröt upp dörren med en kofot

   The burglars broke open the door with a crowbar

   Jag får inte upp burken

   I can't get the jar open

   låsa upp en dörr

   unlock a door

   knyta upp en knut

   untie a knot

   knyta upp skosnörena

   untie one's shoelaces

   knäppa upp en knapp

   unbutton a button

   knäppa upp skjortan

   unbutton one's shirt

   en man med uppknäppt skjorta

   a man with his shirt open ["with unbuttoned shirt" – often implies partially]

Usage notes

Note that upp sometimes takes on the opposite meaning to English up in (sense 2). Compare till.

Derived terms

• blåsa upp
• ge upp
• göra upp
• höra upp
• kasta upp
• läsa upp
• repa upp
• se upp
• sida upp och sida ned
• slå upp
• sprätta upp
• stiga upp
• stiga upp på fel sida
• uppskjutning
• äta upp

Related terms

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

See also

• till (used like up in "laga till en måltid" (cook up a meal) and the like)

References

• “upp”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “upp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “upp”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)