Uppsala
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Uppsala
Translations
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Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈupsɑlɑ/, [ˈups̠ɑ̝lɑ̝]
- Rhymes: -upsɑlɑ
Proper noun
Uppsala
- alternative form of Upsala
Declension
Inflection of Uppsala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Uppsala | — | |
genitive | Uppsalan | — | |
partitive | Uppsalaa | — | |
illative | Uppsalaan | — | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Uppsala | — | |
accusative | nom. | Uppsala | — |
gen. | Uppsalan | ||
genitive | Uppsalan | — | |
partitive | Uppsalaa | — | |
inessive | Uppsalassa | — | |
elative | Uppsalasta | — | |
illative | Uppsalaan | — | |
adessive | Uppsalalla | — | |
ablative | Uppsalalta | — | |
allative | Uppsalalle | — | |
essive | Uppsalana | — | |
translative | Uppsalaksi | — | |
abessive | Uppsalatta | — | |
instructive | — | — | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).
Proper noun
Uppsala n (proper noun, strong, genitive Uppsalas)
Declension
Derived terms
- Uppsalaer
- Uppsalaerin
Etymology 2
Blend of ups (“oops”) + hoppala (“oops”), influenced by the Swedish city.
Interjection
Uppsala
- (humorous) oopsy-daisy, oh dear.
- 2009 November 29, Kate Hall, quotee, “Kate Hall: "Es ist ein Uppsala-Baby"”, in Berliner Zeitung[1]:
- Die schöne TV-Gesangslehrerin zur B.Z.: „Es ist ein Uppsala-Baby. Wir dachten: Was ist denn da passiert?!“
- The beautiful TV singing teacher said to B.Z.: "It's an oopsy-daisy-baby. We thought: what's happened here?!"
- 2020 October 28, Jim Carrey, Memoiren und Falschinformationen: Ein (fast) autobiographischer Hollywood-Roman, Droemer eBook, →ISBN:
- Er zertrümmerte einer Bestie den Schädel – sagte »Uppsala!« – und schleuderte eine weitere durch die Luft
- He crushed the skull of one beast – said "Oopsy-daisy!" – and flung another through the air
- 2024 April 15, “Falschparker-App Scout Park: Falschparker anzeigen und Prämie kassieren”, in CIO[2]:
- Uppsala, da hat einer falsch geparkt!
- Oopsy-daisy, someone's parked there illegally!
Alternative forms
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.psa.la/
- Rhymes: -upsala
- Hyphenation: Ùpp‧sa‧la
Proper noun
Uppsala f
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /upˈsa.la/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ala
- Syllabification: Upp‧sa‧la
Proper noun
Uppsala f
Declension
singular | |
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nominative | Uppsala |
genitive | Uppsali |
dative | Uppsali |
accusative | Uppsalę |
instrumental | Uppsalą |
locative | Uppsali |
vocative | Uppsalo |
Derived terms
- uppsalski
- uppsalczyk
- uppsalka
Further reading
- Uppsala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /upˈsa.lɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /upˈsa.la/
Proper noun
Uppsala ?
Swedish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) + salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr); equivalent to Swedish upp + salar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɵpːˌsɑːla/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Uppsala n (genitive Uppsalas)
Derived terms
- Uppsalabo
Descendants
- → Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)
- → Armenian: Ուփսալա (Upʻsala)
- → Azerbaijani: Uppsala
- → English: Uppsala
- → Esperanto: Upsalo
- → Estonian: Uppsala
- → Finnish: Upsala, Uppsala
- → French: Uppsala
- → Georgian: უფსალა (upsala), უპსალა (uṗsala)
- → German: Uppsala
- → Greek: Ουψάλα (Oupsála)
- → Hebrew: אוּפְּסָלָה (Upsála)
- → Hindi: उप्साला (upsālā)
- → Inuktitut: ᐆᑉᓴᓚ (oopsala)
- → Italian: Uppsala
- → Japanese: ウプサラ (Upusara)
- → Korean: 웁살라 (Upsalla)
- → Latin: Upsālia (New Latin)
- → Latvian: Upsāla
- → Lithuanian: Upsala
- → Macedonian: У́псала (Úpsala)
- → Mandarin: 烏普薩拉 / 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā), 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)
- → Marathi: उप्साला (upsālā)
- → Mongolian: Өпсала (Öpsala)
- → Ossetian: Уппса́лӕ (Uppsálæ)
- → Persian: اوپسالا (upsâlâ)
- → Polish: Uppsala
- → Portuguese: Uppsala, Upsala
- → Russian: У́псала (Úpsala), Упса́ла (Upsála), У́ппсала (Úppsala), Уппса́ла (Uppsála)
- → Spanish: Upsala
- → Tamil: உப்சாலா (upcālā)
- → Thai: อุปซอลา (ùp-sɔɔ-laa)
- → Ukrainian: Уппса́ла (Uppsála)
- → Veps: Uppsal
- → Yiddish: אופּסאַלאַ (upsala)