Uppsala

See also: uppsala and Uppsalą

English

Municipalities in Uppsala County

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) +‎ salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈʊpsɑːlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ʊpˈsɑlə/
• Rhymes: -ɑːlə
• Hyphenation: Upp‧sa‧la

Proper noun

Uppsala

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

Translations

city in eastern central Sweden

• Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا f (ʔūbsālā)
• Armenian: Ուփսալա (Upʻsala)
• Azerbaijani: Uppsala (az)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 烏普薩拉 / 乌普萨拉 (zh) (Wūpǔsàlā)

• Corsican: Uppsala f
• Esperanto: Upsalo
• Estonian: Uppsala (et)
• Finnish: Upsala (fi), Uppsala (fi)
• French: Uppsala (fr) m
• Georgian: უფსალა (ka) (upsala), (rarer) უპსალა (uṗsala)
• German: Uppsala n
• Greek: Ουψάλα (el) f (Oupsála)
• Hebrew: אוּפְּסָלָה f (Upsála)
• Hindi: उप्साला m (upsālā)
• Icelandic: Uppsalir m pl
• Inuktitut: ᐆᑉᓴᓚ (oopsala)
• Italian: Uppsala f
• Jamtish: Ufsale m pl
• Japanese: ウプサラ (Upusara)
• Korean: 웁살라 (Upsalla)
• Latin: (New Latin) Upsālia f
• Latvian: Upsāla f
• Limburgish: Öpsele n
• Lithuanian: Upsala f
• Macedonian: У́псала f (Úpsala)
• Marathi: उप्साला n (upsālā)
• Mongolian: Өпсала (Öpsala)
• Old Norse: Uppsalir m pl
• Ossetian: Уппса́лӕ (Uppsálæ)
• Persian: اوپسالا (upsâlâ)
• Polish: Uppsala (pl) f
• Portuguese: Uppsala f, Upsala f
• Russian: У́псала (ru) f (Úpsala), Упса́ла (ru) f (Upsála), У́ппсала (ru) f (Úppsala), Уппса́ла (ru) f (Uppsála)
• Scottish Gaelic: Spaoilidh (archaic)
• Spanish: Upsala f
• Swedish: Uppsala (sv) n, (archaic) Upsala (sv) n, Ubsola n

  Old Swedish: please add this translation if you can

• Tamil: உப்சாலா (upcālā)
• Thai: อุปซอลา (ùp-sɔɔ-laa)
• Ukrainian: Уппса́ла f (Uppsála)
• Veps: Uppsal
• Yiddish: אופּסאַלאַ n (upsala)

Anagrams

• Sapulpa, papulas

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈupsɑlɑ/, [ˈups̠ɑ̝lɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -upsɑlɑ

Proper noun

Uppsala

1. alternative form of Upsala

Declension

Inflection of Uppsala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Uppsala	—
genitive		Uppsalan	—
partitive		Uppsalaa	—
illative		Uppsalaan	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Uppsala	—
accusative	nom.	Uppsala	—
	gen.	Uppsalan
genitive		Uppsalan	—
partitive		Uppsalaa	—
inessive		Uppsalassa	—
elative		Uppsalasta	—
illative		Uppsalaan	—
adessive		Uppsalalla	—
ablative		Uppsalalta	—
allative		Uppsalalle	—
essive		Uppsalana	—
translative		Uppsalaksi	—
abessive		Uppsalatta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Uppsala (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uppsalani — accusative nom. Uppsalani — gen. Uppsalani genitive Uppsalani — partitive Uppsalaani — inessive Uppsalassani — elative Uppsalastani — illative Uppsalaani — adessive Uppsalallani — ablative Uppsalaltani — allative Uppsalalleni — essive Uppsalanani — translative Uppsalakseni — abessive Uppsalattani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Uppsalasi — accusative nom. Uppsalasi — gen. Uppsalasi genitive Uppsalasi — partitive Uppsalaasi — inessive Uppsalassasi — elative Uppsalastasi — illative Uppsalaasi — adessive Uppsalallasi — ablative Uppsalaltasi — allative Uppsalallesi — essive Uppsalanasi — translative Uppsalaksesi — abessive Uppsalattasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uppsalamme — accusative nom. Uppsalamme — gen. Uppsalamme genitive Uppsalamme — partitive Uppsalaamme — inessive Uppsalassamme — elative Uppsalastamme — illative Uppsalaamme — adessive Uppsalallamme — ablative Uppsalaltamme — allative Uppsalallemme — essive Uppsalanamme — translative Uppsalaksemme — abessive Uppsalattamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Uppsalanne — accusative nom. Uppsalanne — gen. Uppsalanne genitive Uppsalanne — partitive Uppsalaanne — inessive Uppsalassanne — elative Uppsalastanne — illative Uppsalaanne — adessive Uppsalallanne — ablative Uppsalaltanne — allative Uppsalallenne — essive Uppsalananne — translative Uppsalaksenne — abessive Uppsalattanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Uppsalansa — accusative nom. Uppsalansa — gen. Uppsalansa genitive Uppsalansa — partitive Uppsalaansa — inessive Uppsalassaan Uppsalassansa — elative Uppsalastaan Uppsalastansa — illative Uppsalaansa — adessive Uppsalallaan Uppsalallansa — ablative Uppsalaltaan Uppsalaltansa — allative Uppsalalleen Uppsalallensa — essive Uppsalanaan Uppsalanansa — translative Uppsalakseen Uppsalaksensa — abessive Uppsalattaan Uppsalattansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) +‎ salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

Proper noun

Uppsala n (proper noun, strong, genitive Uppsalas)

1. Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)

Declension

Declension of Uppsala [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Uppsala
genitive	des	Uppsalas, Uppsala1
dative	dem	Uppsala
accusative	das	Uppsala

¹Optionally with an article.

Derived terms

• Uppsalaer
  • Uppsalaerin

Etymology 2

Blend of ups (“oops”) +‎ hoppala (“oops”), influenced by the Swedish city.

Interjection

Uppsala

1. (humorous) oopsy-daisy, oh dear.
   • 2009 November 29, Kate Hall, quotee, “Kate Hall: "Es ist ein Uppsala-Baby"”, in Berliner Zeitung‎^[1]:

     Die schöne TV-Gesangslehrerin zur B.Z.: „Es ist ein Uppsala-Baby. Wir dachten: Was ist denn da passiert?!“

     The beautiful TV singing teacher said to B.Z.: "It's an oopsy-daisy-baby. We thought: what's happened here?!"

   • 2020 October 28, Jim Carrey, Memoiren und Falschinformationen: Ein (fast) autobiographischer Hollywood-Roman, Droemer eBook, →ISBN:

     Er zertrümmerte einer Bestie den Schädel – sagte »Uppsala!« – und schleuderte eine weitere durch die Luft

     He crushed the skull of one beast – said "Oopsy-daisy!" – and flung another through the air

   • 2024 April 15, “Falschparker-App Scout Park: Falschparker anzeigen und Prämie kassieren”, in CIO‎^[2]:

     Uppsala, da hat einer falsch geparkt!

     Oopsy-daisy, someone's parked there illegally!

Alternative forms

• uppsala

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) +‎ salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.psa.la/
• Rhymes: -upsala
• Hyphenation: Ùpp‧sa‧la

Proper noun

Uppsala f

1. Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)

Polish

Uppsala

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /upˈsa.la/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: Upp‧sa‧la

Proper noun

Uppsala f

1. Uppsala (a city in Sweden)

Declension

Declension of Uppsala

	singular
nominative	Uppsala
genitive	Uppsali
dative	Uppsali
accusative	Uppsalę
instrumental	Uppsalą
locative	Uppsali
vocative	Uppsalo

Derived terms

adjective

• uppsalski

nouns

• uppsalczyk
• uppsalka

Further reading

• Uppsala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Upsala

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Swedish Uppsala, from Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) +‎ salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /upˈsa.lɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /upˈsa.lɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /upˈsa.la/

Proper noun

Uppsala ?

1. Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)

Swedish

Uppsala domkyrka (Uppsala Cathedral)

Alternative forms

• Ubsola, Upsala, Upſala (all obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Norse Uppsalir (literally “upper halls, upper dwellings”), from upp (“up”) +‎ salir (“halls, rooms”, plural of salr); equivalent to Swedish upp +‎ salar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɵpːˌsɑːla/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Uppsala n (genitive Uppsalas)

1. Uppsala (a city in eastern central Sweden)

Derived terms

• Uppsalabo

Descendants

Descendants

• → Arabic: أُوبْسَالَا (ʔūbsālā)
• → Armenian: Ուփսալա (Upʻsala)
• → Azerbaijani: Uppsala
• → English: Uppsala
• → Esperanto: Upsalo
• → Estonian: Uppsala
• → Finnish: Upsala, Uppsala
• → French: Uppsala
• → Georgian: უფსალა (upsala), უპსალა (uṗsala)
• → German: Uppsala
• → Greek: Ουψάλα (Oupsála)
• → Hebrew: אוּפְּסָלָה (Upsála)
• → Hindi: उप्साला (upsālā)
• → Inuktitut: ᐆᑉᓴᓚ (oopsala)
• → Italian: Uppsala
• → Japanese: ウプサラ (Upusara)
• → Korean: 웁살라 (Upsalla)
• → Latin: Upsālia (New Latin)
• → Latvian: Upsāla
• → Lithuanian: Upsala
• → Macedonian: У́псала (Úpsala)
• → Mandarin: 烏普薩拉 / 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā), 乌普萨拉 (Wūpǔsàlā)
• → Marathi: उप्साला (upsālā)
• → Mongolian: Өпсала (Öpsala)
• → Ossetian: Уппса́лӕ (Uppsálæ)
• → Persian: اوپسالا (upsâlâ)
• → Polish: Uppsala
• → Portuguese: Uppsala, Upsala
• → Russian: У́псала (Úpsala), Упса́ла (Upsála), У́ппсала (Úppsala), Уппса́ла (Uppsála)
• → Spanish: Upsala
• → Tamil: உப்சாலா (upcālā)
• → Thai: อุปซอลา (ùp-sɔɔ-laa)
• → Ukrainian: Уппса́ла (Uppsála)
• → Veps: Uppsal
• → Yiddish: אופּסאַלאַ (upsala)