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 Superlative2
Common singular upptagen upptagnare upptagnast
Neuter singular upptaget upptagnare upptagnast
Plural upptagna upptagnare upptagnast
Masculine plural3 upptagne upptagnare upptagnast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 upptagne upptagnare upptagnaste
All upptagna upptagnare upptagnaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Participle

upptagen

  1. past participle of uppta

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