uppbåd

Swedish

Etymology

Likely borrowed from German Aufgebot. First attested in 1652.

Noun

uppbåd n

  1. a large group of people mobilized for some purpose (often police or military, but also more general)
    Det var ett stort polisuppbåd vid brottsplatsen
    There was a heavy police presence at the crime scene

Declension

Declension of uppbåd
nominative genitive
singular indefinite uppbåd uppbåds
definite uppbådet uppbådets
plural indefinite uppbåd uppbåds
definite uppbåden uppbådens

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