uppflugen
Swedish
editEtymology
editupp (“up”) + flugen (“flown”)
Adjective
edituppflugen (not comparable)
- 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
edit| Inflection of uppflugen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | uppflugen | — | — |
| Neuter singular | uppfluget | — | — |
| Plural | uppflugna | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | uppflugne | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | uppflugne | — | — |
| All | uppflugna | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||