uppfostran

Swedish

Etymology

From uppfostra + -an.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

uppfostran c

  1. the teaching (to a child) of desirable behavior, upbringing
  2. how someone was raised or taught desirable behavior, an upbringing
    En god uppfostranA good upbringing

Usage notes

See the usage notes for uppfostra to understand why the definitions are a bit convoluted.

Declension

Declension of uppfostran 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative uppfostran uppfostran
Genitive uppfostrans uppfostrans

References

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