trappuppgång

Swedish

Etymology

trappa + uppgång

Noun

trappuppgång c

  1. a stairwell, a staircase, stairs (especially in an apartment building, with doors leading to apartments, or the like)
    Jag mötte en granne i trappuppgången
    I met a neighbor in the stairwell
    sova i en trappuppgång
    sleep in an (apartment building) stairwell
    Jag tror vi tog fel trappuppgång. Det är nog nästa.
    I think we took the wrong stairs/entrance. It's probably the next one.

Usage notes

In a more general (architectural) sense, a stairwell is a trapphus.

Declension

Declension of trappuppgång 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative trappuppgång trappuppgången trappuppgångar trappuppgångarna
Genitive trappuppgångs trappuppgångens trappuppgångars trappuppgångarnas

See also

References

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