Word
Vem har den uppsatta flätan?
Meaning
Who has the put-up braid?
Part of speech
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Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Vem har den uppsatta flätan?
Why is uppsatta written as one word instead of two?
The root is the phrasal verb sätta upp (to put up). When a phrasal verb is turned into a past participle to be used as an adjective, Swedish requires the particle (upp) to be attached to the front as a prefix. Thus, it becomes uppsatt.
Why does uppsatta have an -a at the end?
Because it is acting as an adjective in a definite phrase (den ... flätan). Just like standard adjectives, participial adjectives must take an -a ending when describing a definite noun.
If den means the, why does flätan also have the definite suffix -an?
This is a classic case of Swedish double definiteness. Whenever you use an adjective (in this case, the participial adjective uppsatta) to describe a specific, definite noun, you must use both the free-standing article (den) and the definite noun suffix (-an).
How versatile is uppsatt? Is it only used for hair?
It is very common for hair (meaning pinned or tied up), but it literally means put up or set up. You will also see it used for physical objects like a poster put up on a wall, or even abstract things like a set goal (ett uppsatt mål).