uppflugen

Swedish

Etymology

upp (“up”) +‎ flugen (“flown”)

Adjective

uppflugen (not comparable)

  1. perched (located in a high, conspicuous position, usually of a person or non-flying animal)
    En kvinna stod uppflugen på en parkbänk
    A woman was perched ("stood up-flown") on a park bench
    Katten satt uppflugen i ett träd och vägrade komma ner
    The cat was perched ("sat up-flown") in a tree and refused to come down

Declension

Inflection of uppflugen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular uppflugen — —
neuter singular uppfluget — —
plural uppflugna — —
masculine plural2 uppflugne — —
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 uppflugne — —
all uppflugna — —

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

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