uppburen

Swedish

Etymology

upp +‎ buren (“carried”). Attested since 1655 in the literal sense, and since 1833 in the figurative sense.

Adjective

uppburen (not comparable)

  1. (literal) lifted, held up
  2. (figurative) lauded, celebrated, appreciated

Declension

Inflection of uppburen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular uppburen — —
neuter singular uppburet — —
plural uppburna — —
masculine plural2 uppburne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 uppburne — —
all uppburna — —

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

References

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.