Swedish adverb · preposition· top 5,000 most common

uppåt

upwards

uppåt as an adverb

Meaning

upwards

In Swedish: i riktning mot ett högre läge, upp

uppåt as a preposition

Meaning

up (towards)

In Swedish: längre upp mot, i närheten av

Practise uppåt

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What does uppåt mean?

uppåt in a sentence

partiet är på väg uppåt
the party is on the way up
Det var uppåt tusen personer i demonstrationståget.
There were upwards a thousand people in the march.
han bor uppåt Norrland
he lives up towards Norrland

Expressions

(svara) uppåt väggarna
give a completely wrong answer

Questions

What does uppåt mean in English?

uppåt means “upwards”.

Nearby common words

uppåt is number 3,414 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

3,410strategi strategy
3,411strömma pour, stream
3,412medium medium
3,413gitarr guitar
3,415behandlad treated
3,416utvecklas grow, develop
3,417skägg beard
3,418anka duck, canard

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary