upptagen

See also: upptågen

Swedish

Etymology

upp +‎ tagen (past participle of ta)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

upptagen (comparative mer upptagen, superlative mest upptagen)

1. busy, engaged in activity
2. occupied, taken, not vacant
3. (of a telephone) busy, engaged

   Jag försökte ringa, men det tutade upptaget

   I tried calling, but there was a busy signal

Declension

Inflection of upptagen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	upptagen	upptagnare	upptagnast
neuter singular	upptaget	upptagnare	upptagnast
plural	upptagna	upptagnare	upptagnast
masculine plural2	upptagne	upptagnare	upptagnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	upptagne	upptagnare	upptagnaste
all	upptagna	upptagnare	upptagnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Participle

upptagen

1. past participle of uppta

Further reading

• upptagen in Svensk ordbok.

Anagrams

• upptagne