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uppdrag

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From the verb uppdra (“to command, to commission”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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uppdrag n

  1. a commission, an assignment
    få i uppdrag att göra något
    be tasked with doing something / be commissioned to do something / (sometimes, by implication) be ordered to do something [get in commission/assignment to do something]
    Nisse fick i uppdrag att hålla utkik medan de andra tömde kassaskåpet
    Nisse was assigned to keep [was given the task of keeping / was tasked with keeping] lookout while the others emptied the safe
    ge någon i uppdrag att göra något
    task someone with doing something / give someone the task of doing something / commission someone to do something / (sometimes, by implication) order someone to do something [give someone in commission/assignment to do something]
    Hon har valt att lämna sitt uppdrag
    She has decided to step down from her position [assignment given to her]
    ett uppdrag som löper över fyra månader
    an assignment that runs over four months
    Jag har ett nytt uppdrag åt dig
    I have a new assignment / another job for you
    fullfölja ett uppdrag
    complete an assignment
    fullgöra ett uppdrag
    fulfill an assignment
    1. a mission (assigned to someone)
      ett hemligt uppdrag
      a secret mission
      Ert uppdrag är att infiltrera fienden
      Your mission is to infiltrate the enemy
      slutföra ett uppdrag
      complete a mission [slutföra sounds a bit more active compared to fullfölja/fullgöra, as might be expected from föra (“bring”)]

Declension

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Declension of uppdrag
nominative genitive
singular indefinite uppdrag uppdrags
definite uppdraget uppdragets
plural indefinite uppdrag uppdrags
definite uppdragen uppdragens

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