Swedish–English dictionary

uppsatt

(of hair) Fixed in a certain style.

uppsättning

A collection of various objects for a particular purpose.

uppseendeväckande

Exceptionally great.

uppsikt

The act of noting and recording some event; or the record of such noting.

uppskatta

(transitive) To be grateful or thankful for.

uppskattande

Showing appreciation or gratitude.

uppskattning

A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

uppskattningsvis

Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount.

uppskjuta

To delay or put off an event, appointment, etc.

uppskov

(obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.

uppslag

An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

uppslagsord

An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia.

uppslagsverk

A comprehensive reference work (often spanning several printed volumes) with articles (usually arranged in alphabetical order, or sometimes arranged by category) on a range of subjects, sometimes general, sometimes limited to a particular field.

uppslukad

construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).

uppsluppen

Noticeably happy and optimistic.

uppspelning

The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.

uppspelt

Having a positive, lively, or perky tone, attitude, etc.

uppstå

(intransitive) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.

uppståndelse

A clamour, a commotion; a fuss or uproar. [from 17th c.]

uppståndelsen

(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.

uppstartsföretag

A new company or organization or business venture designed for rapid growth.

uppstoppning

The art of stuffing and mounting the skins of dead animals for exhibition in a lifelike state.

uppströms

Against the current.

uppstudsig

Insolent, ill-mannered or disrespectful; Disregardful.

uppstudsighet

The quality or state of being insubordinate; disobedience to lawful authority; specifically, an employee's failure or refusal to comply with a request or an assignment given by his/her supervisor.

uppstyltad

(figuratively) Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.

uppsugning

The act or process of absorbing or of being absorbed as,

uppsvullen

protuberant or abnormally distended (as by injury or disease).

uppsyn

(in expressions such as make a face) A distorted facial expression; an expression of displeasure, insult, etc.

uppta

(intransitive, followed by "to" or "with") To attach (to) or unite (with); to receive into a society as a member, and initiate into its mysteries, plans, etc.

upptäcka

To discover or find by careful search, examination, or probing.

upptäcka fel

(computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.

upptäckare

One who discovers: a person who has discovered something.

upptäcksresande

One who travels, especially to distant lands.

upptäcktsresa

The process of penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of (especially geographical) discovery.

upptäcktsresande

A person who by means of travel (notably an expedition) searches out new information.

upptåg

(often, in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper.

upptagen

Crowded with business or activities; having a great deal going on.

upptaget

Used to communicate that a toilet is unavailable.

upptagning

A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium.

upptakt

That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

upptempo

Having a fast pace, tempo, or beat.

uppträda

(ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain.

uppträdande

An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

upptrappning

A deliberate or premeditated increase in the violence or geographic scope of a conflict.

uppväcka

(intransitive) To rise from the dead; to return to life.

uppvaknande

The act of becoming aware of something.

uppvakta

(transitive, archaic) To be suitor to; to be the lover of. [from 14th c.]

uppvaktning

A group of attendants or servants, especially of someone considered important.

uppvärdera

(transitive) To improve, usually applied to technology, generally by complete replacement of one or more components.

uppvärmd

(usually not comparable) Made warm or hot by some means.

uppvärmning

A system that raises the temperature of a room or building. Compare heater.

uppvigla

(transitive) To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action). [late 16th c.]

uppvigling

The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being disrupted with violence, or with irregular action; commotion.

uppvisning

A show or spectacle.

Upsala

A city and municipality in eastern central Sweden; the fourth largest city of the country.

ur

(This entry is a translation hub.)

ur bruk

(of words, equipment, etc.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).

ur kontroll

Out of control.

ur vägen

Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.

ur-

Forming words with the sense of “proto-, primitive, original”.

uraktlåta

(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

uråldrig

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

uråldrighet

The state or quality of being ancient.

uran

The element with atomic number 92 and symbol U. A radioactive silvery-grey metal in the actinide series.

Uranos

(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.

Uranus

(astronomy) The seventh planet in our solar system, discovered in 1781 by William Herschel.

urarta

(transitive) To cause to lose good or desirable qualities.

Urban

(uncommon) A en given name.

urberg

(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.

urblekt

That has lost some of its former vividness and colour.

urbota

Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

urdu

Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.

urgammal

Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.

urholka

(figurative) To destroy gradually by an ongoing process.

urinblåsa

(zoology) A flexible sac that can expand and contract and that holds liquids or gases.

urinrör

(anatomy) The tube through which urine exits the body and, in male placental mammals, through which semen is ejaculated.

urinvägarna

(informal) A system of vessels or ducts in the human body, especially the genitourinary system.

urinvånare

(potentially offensive) An Aboriginal inhabitant of Australia or other land. [First attested in the 19th century.]

urkalkning

(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.

urkärna

(transitive) To remove the stone from a stone fruit or the shell from a drupe.

urklipp

(computing) A buffer in memory where the user can store data temporarily while transferring it from one place within an application to another or between applications.

urklippsbok

A book, similar to a notebook or journal, in which personal or family memorabilia and photos are collected and arranged.

urkokt

Made unpalatable or inedible by cooking for too long.

URL

Initialism of Uniform Resource Locator: the address of a web page, FTP site, audio stream or other Internet resource.

urladdning

(electricity) The act of releasing an accumulated charge.

urledvridning

The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.

urmakare

A craftsperson or company who makes and/or maintains watchs.

urminnes

(sometimes, postpositive) That is beyond memory; ancient.

urmodig

old-fashioned, out of date

urolog

(medicine) A doctor of urology.

uroxe

An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.

urr

Used to express being cold, to show shivering.

urringning

The line formed by the edge of an article of clothing that surrounds the neck, especially as seen at the front.

ursäkt

An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry).

ursäkta

To make somebody able (to do, or to be, something); to give sufficient ability or power to do or to be; to give strength or ability to.

ursinne

Extreme anger.

ursinnig

Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.

urskilja

To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics.

urskiljbar

Possible to discern; detectable or derivable by use of the senses or the intellect.

urskillningslös

(of a person) Without care in making distinctions, thoughtless.

urskuldra

To relieve of an imputation by apology or defense; to make apology for as not seriously evil; to ask pardon or indulgence for.

ursnygg

(of a person or place, sometimes, endearing) Very beautiful.

ursprung

That which begins or originates something; the source or first cause.

ursprunglig

Native to the place where found; indigenous.

ursprungligen

(not comparable) As it was in the beginning; at first.

urtida

Belonging to the first ages.

urtids-

Belonging to the first ages.

Uruguay

A country in South America. Official name: Oriental Republic of Uruguay. Capital and largest city: Montevideo.

urval

Anything that can be chosen.

urvattnad

(by extension) Noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate. [from 20th c.]

urverk

A mechanism powered by a coiled spring and regulated by some form of escapement; the power is transmitted through toothed gearwheels and used to drive a mechanical clock, toy, or other device.

usch

Used to show disgust.

usel

(now, rare) Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.

usling

(colloquial, dated, not usually used in plural form) A contemptible person; one who is deceitful or causes harm.

usurpation

The wrongful seizure of something by force, especially of sovereignty or other authority.

usurpator

One who usurps.

usurpera

To seize power from another, usually by illegitimate means.

ut

(sports) Of the ball or other playing implement, so as to pass or be situated beyond the bounds of the playing area.

Utah

A state in the western United States. Capital and largest city: Salt Lake City.

utan

However, although, nevertheless, on the other hand (introducing a clause contrary to prior belief or in contrast with the preceding clause or sentence).

utan krusiduller

(idiomatic) Basic or simple; providing only what is necessary, without anything extra or fancy.

utan like

Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.

utan mal

Floating at random.

utan motstycke

Never before seen, done, or experienced; without precedent.

utan tålamod

Restless, short of temper, and intolerant of delays.

utan tvekan

Without doubt, surely.

utan tvivel

Without doubt; certainly; definitely; very probably, in all likelihood; doubtlessly.

utandning

(uncountable) Air expelled from the lungs.

utanför

Used to indicate the location or direction of one thing relative to another, implying adjacency or accessibility via.

utanför schemat

Outside of the normal curriculum of an educational establishment.

utarbetad

Subjected to too much work.

utarrenderare

(property law) The owner of property that is leased; the landlord to a lease.

utåtriktad

Being extroverted or outgoing.

utbe

(transitive, or, with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).

utbedja

(transitive, or, with a subjunctive clause) To ask for (something).

utbilda

(transitive) To instruct or train.

utbildad

Having attained a level of higher education, such as a college degree.

utbildare

A person distinguished for their educational work, a teacher.

utbildning

(uncountable) The process of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment.

utblottad

Poor; destitute; in need.

utbrändhet

A person who has the experience of long-term exhaustion and diminished interest.

utbreda

(transitive) To change (something) from a smaller form or size to a larger one; to spread out or lay open.

utbredd

Widespread or preferred.

utbredningsområde

(ecology) The geographical area or zone where a species is normally naturally found.

utbrista

(intransitive) To cry out suddenly, from some strong emotion.

utbrott

A violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano.

utbrytar-

Having broken away from a larger unit.

utbrytargrupp

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.

utbrytning

(ice hockey) A situation in the game where one or more players of a team attack towards the goal of the other team without having any defenders in front of them.