upgang
English
Alternative forms
- upgaing, upgeng, uppgeng (Scotland)
Etymology
From Middle English upgang, from Old English upgang (“ascent”), equivalent to up- + gang. Cognate with Dutch opgang (“ascent”), German Aufgang (“rising, ascent”), Swedish uppgång (“a rise, a way up”), Icelandic uppgang (“expansion”).
Noun
upgang (plural upgangs)
Derived terms
- upgang of weather
Anagrams
Old English
Alternative forms
- upgong
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *uppgang. Equivalent to up- + gang.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈupˌɡɑnɡ/, [ˈupˌɡɑŋɡ]
Noun
upgang m
Declension
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “upgang”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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