upon

(Îngilîzî)

A higher-register or more formal alternative to on in most, though not all, prepositional uses.

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/əˈpɒn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

Ji Middle English mîras hatiye girtin: upon

Ji Old English mîras hatiye girtin: upon

Hevwate bi Old Saxon: uppan

Hevwate bi Old High German: ūfan

Hevwate bi îzlendî: upp

Hevwate bi swêdî: uppå

Hevwate bi swêdî: på

Hevwate bi danmarkî: på

Hevwate bi norwecî: på

In summary

From Middle English upon, uppon, uppen, from Old English upon, uppon, uppan (“on, upon, up to, against, after, in addition to”), equivalent to up (“adverb”) + on (“preposition”). Cognate with Old Saxon uppan (“upon”), Old High German ūfan, ūffan (“upon”), Icelandic upp á, upp á (“up on, upon”), Swedish uppå (“up on, upon”) (thence Swedish på), Danish på (“up on, upon”), Norwegian på (“up on, upon”).

Têgeh

li ser

Hevwate

on

🔛

above

over

at

opposite

against

by

onto

on top of

about

opposed to

in exchange for

in

across from

up

🆙

into

concerning

for

upwards

towards

after

with

next to

to

aboard

overhead

toward

an

atop

beside

dash

💨

inside

per

unto

upper

upstairs

near

each

of

during

on high

disjunction

on top

beyond

based on

at the rate of

adjoining

press

press down

regarding

Werger

auf

op

🆙

sobre

sur

🔛

aan

🔛

su

🆙

en

à

jegens

bij

em

sobre

🔛

met

a

a

Hevok

Then the thing came upon him in a flash .

Wê hingê tişt li ser wî diherikî.

She wears upon her head a mural crown and veil .

Ew li ser serê xwe çengek mural û perdeyê digire.

Normal heights are thus dependent upon the reference ellipsoid chosen .

Hejmarên normal bi vî rengî bi referansa Ellipsoid bijarte ve girêdayî ne.

Hans hurled himself upon the prostrate man , striking madly with his fists .