trappuppgång

trappa +‎ uppgång

trappuppgång c

1. a stairwell, a staircase, stairs (especially in an apartment building, with doors leading to apartments, or the like)

   Jag mötte en granne i trappuppgången

   I met a neighbor in the stairwell

   sova i en trappuppgång

   sleep in an (apartment building) stairwell

   Jag tror vi tog fel trappuppgång. Det är nog nästa.

   I think we took the wrong stairs/entrance. It's probably the next one.

In a more general (architectural) sense, a stairwell is a trapphus.

• portuppgång
• sopnedkast (“garbage chute”)
• trapphus (“stairwell”)

• trappuppgång in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• trappuppgång in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)