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 (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

• 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”)

References

• upp in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• upp in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• upp in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)