Uppbackas

Uppbackas is a Swedish term that appears in written language as the present passive form of the verb uppbacka, meaning to back up or to support. The form combines the prefix upp- with the verb backa and the passive suffix -s, and it is used to describe a state in which something is supported or corroborated. The usage is mainly found in formal registers—legal documents, academic writing, policy texts, and linguistic descriptions—rather than in everyday conversation.

In practical use, uppbackas typically denotes that a claim, argument, or piece of evidence is supported by sources, data, or authorities. For example, in scholarly writing a statement might be described as uppbackas by multiple independent studies. In discussions of infrastructure or data management, the term can appear to signal that a plan or dataset is backed up or protected.

Etymology: upp- is a directional prefix used in Swedish to form compound verbs, and backa is the verb “to back, to support.” The suffix -s marks the passive voice. The construction illustrates how Swedish forms passive with a separable verb and attaches the passive suffix to the base.

In linguistics, uppbackas is sometimes cited as an example of how Swedish handles passive voice with separable phrasal verbs. Variants may include backas upp in sentence position depending on emphasis and syntactic constraints.

See also: Swedish language, Swedish grammar, passive voice, phrasal verbs, backa upp.