Swedish preposition · adverb· top 5,000 most common

uppför

upAlso the present tense of uppföra.

uppför as a preposition

Meaning

In Swedish: uppåt på

uppför as an adverb

Meaning

uphill

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What does uppför mean?

uppför in a sentence

klättra uppför berget
climb up the hill

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What does uppför mean in English?

uppför means “up”.

Origin

upp + för

Nearby common words

uppför is number 2,073 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

2,069druckit drunk
2,070penna pen
2,071familjer families
2,072såhär In this way.
2,074ondska evil
2,075lastbil a truck; a lorry
2,076binda tie, bind
2,077bebis a baby (very young human)

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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