/²stʉːpa/
UrsprungInherited from Old Swedish stupa, from Proto-Germanic *stūpaną. Cognate of English stoop (“crouch”).
- To fall (head over heels)
- To die or fall (in battle), to be killed in action
“Den tredje söndagen i maj är de stupades dag i Finland” — The third Sunday in May is the Day of the Fallen in Finland
- To fall asleep, exhausted (like a fallen warrior)
- To slope steeply.
“branta kalkstensklippor som stupar ner mot de slingrande floderna Dordogne och Vézère.” — steep limestone cliffs that fall down towards the meandering rivers Dordogne and Vézère.
- common-genderA stupa; a Buddhist monument.
Formerstupar(present) · stupade(preterite) · stöp(preterite) · stupat(supine) · stupa(imperative) · stupa(active, infinitive) · -(infinitive, passive) · stupat(active, supine) · -(passive, supine) · stupa(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · stupen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive) · stupar(active, indicative, present) · stupade(active, indicative, past) · -(indicative, passive, present) · -(indicative, passive, past) · stupa(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, present) · stupade(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form, past) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive, present)