sluta upp

Swedish

Verb

sluta upp (present sluter upp, preterite slöt upp, supine slutit upp, imperative slut upp)

  1. to join up (with others)
    De slöt upp på torget
    They gathered (joined up) in the city square
    De slöt upp till mötet
    They joined up (and went) to the meeting
    Han slöt upp i demonstrationen
    He joined (joined up in) the protest
  2. (figuratively, with bakom or kring) to support (as a group)
    De slöt upp bakom förslaget
    They rallied (joined up) behind the proposal
  3. to stop (cease)
    Synonym: sluta
    Sluta upp med det där!
    Stop doing that!

Conjugation

Conjugation of sluta (class 2 strong, 'join up' sense)
active passive
infinitive sluta upp
supine slutit upp
imperative slut upp
imper. plural1 sluten upp
present past present past
indicative sluter upp slöt upp
ind. plural1 sluta upp slöto upp
subjunctive2 slute upp slöte upp
present participle uppslutande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of sluta (weak, 'stop' sense)
active passive
infinitive sluta upp
supine slutat upp
imperative sluta upp
imper. plural1 sluten upp
present past present past
indicative slutar upp slutade upp
ind. plural1 sluta upp slutade upp
subjunctive2 slute upp slutade upp
present participle
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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