slå upp

Swedish

Verb

slå upp (present slår upp, preterite slog upp, supine slagit upp, imperative slå upp)

  1. to look up (something, in a reference book, directory, or the like)
    att slå upp ett ord i en ordbok
    to look up a word in a dictionary
    att slå upp ett nummer i en telefonkatalog
    to look up a number in a phone book
  3. to open (a (location in a) book)
    Synonym: (a book and not a location in a book) öppna
    Hon slog upp sidan 23 i boken
    She opened the book to page 23
    Or "turned to page 23 in the book," if the book was already open, or as an alternative way to phrase it.
    Läraren bad eleverna slå upp kapitel två
    The teacher asked the students to open their books to chapter two
    en uppslagen bok
    an open [opened] book
  4. to open (one's eyes or either eye)
    Synonym: öppna
    Jag vaknade och slog upp ögonen
    I woke up and opened my eyes
    slå upp ena ögat
    open one eye
  5. to pour (a beverage, into a drinking vessel)
    Synonym: hälla upp
    en uppslagen öl
    a beer that has been poured / (by implication) a glass of beer
  6. to put up, to pitch (a tent)
    Vi slog upp tältet
    We put up/pitched the tent

Conjugation

Conjugation of slå (class 6 strong)
active passive
infinitive slå upp slås upp
supine slagit upp slagits upp
imperative slå upp —
imper. plural1 slån upp —
present past present past
indicative slår upp slog upp slås upp slogs upp
ind. plural1 slå upp slogo upp slås upp slogos upp
subjunctive2 slå upp sloge upp slås upp sloges upp
present participle uppslående
past participle uppslagen

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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