upp

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

upp

1. up

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

• IPA^(key): /ʏhp/
• Rhymes: -ʏhp

upp

1. up

From Old Norse upp. Akin to English up.

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

upp

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

   Upp i dalen ― Up into the valley (lative)

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

• up

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

• IPA^(key): /upp/, [up]

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.

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”).

• niþer

• Middle English: up, upp, ap
  • English: up
  • Scots: up
  • Yola: ap, up

From Proto-Germanic *upp (“up”). Cognate with Old English upp, Old Frisian up, Old Saxon up, Old High German ūf, Gothic 𐌹𐌿𐍀 (iup).

upp

1. up

• uptaug

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

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

• opp (common in some Swedish dialects)

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

• IPA^(key): /ɵp/, [ɵpː]

• Audio (Gotland):

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• Rhymes: -ɵp

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

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

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