uppesittarkväll

Swedish

Etymology

uppe (“up”) +‎ sitta (“sit”) +‎ kväll (“evening”)

Noun

uppesittarkväll c

1. an evening where one stays up late doing a certain thing (usually with family)
   1. December 23 (to prepare for Christmas, celebrated on December 24)
   2. (usually, in contemporary Swedish) a television or radio event broadcast on December 23 and running into the evening; a pre-Christmas special

Usage notes

Often specifically of the Bingolotto pre-Christmas special.

Declension

Declension of uppesittarkväll

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	uppesittarkväll	uppesittarkvälls
	definite	uppesittarkvällen	uppesittarkvällens
plural	indefinite	uppesittarkvällar	uppesittarkvällars
	definite	uppesittarkvällarna	uppesittarkvällarnas

References

• uppesittarkväll in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• uppesittarkväll in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)