uppfostra

Swedish

Etymology

From upp +‎ fostra.

Verb

uppfostra (present uppfostrar, preterite uppfostrade, supine uppfostrat, imperative uppfostra)

1. to teach (a child) desirable behavior, to raise (a child)

Usage notes

• The literal meaning is "to teach someone desirable behavior," usually about children, but raise is almost always the natural translation. Also pretty common for pets, and sometimes (possibly condescendingly) about adults.
• The difference from raise can be seen in e.g. "uppfostra dina barn!" = "teach your children to behave!" "To discipline" could be put as another translation, but it might give the wrong idea.

Conjugation

Conjugation of uppfostra (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	uppfostra		uppfostras
Supine	uppfostrat		uppfostrats
Imperative	uppfostra		—
Imper. plural1	uppfostren		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	uppfostrar	uppfostrade	uppfostras	uppfostrades
Ind. plural1	uppfostra	uppfostrade	uppfostras	uppfostrades
Subjunctive2	uppfostre	uppfostrade	uppfostres	uppfostrades
	Participles
Present participle	uppfostrande
Past participle	uppfostrad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Synonyms

• educera

Related terms

• uppfostran

References

• uppfostra in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• uppfostra in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)