uppehåller

Upphålla is a Swedish verb meaning to keep something going, to uphold, or to sustain over time. The form upphåller is the present tense third-person singular. The verb is transitive and can describe maintaining a condition, continuing a process, or providing for someone or something. In everyday language it often conveys ongoing effort or resource provision.

Common senses of upphålla include:

- Maintaining a state or operation: to keep a system, service, or equipment in functioning order.

- Providing for a household or people: to support a family or dependents financially or in daily needs.

- Upholding standards, rights, or traditions: to keep up or defend established norms or conventions.

Usage notes:

- Upphålla can be used with both concrete objects (utrustning, verksamhet) and more abstract cases (kvalitet, standard).

- In many contexts, especially about living conditions, related terms such as upprätthålla (to uphold a rule or standard) or bibehålla (to retain a state or quality) may be used interchangeably depending on nuance.

Etymology and grammar:

- The verb is built from prefixen upp- meaning up or ongoing, together with hålla (to hold). It is a strong verb with irregular past forms; the base form in compounds often appears in the same family of verbs as hålla.

- Related forms include upphåller (present), upphöll (past), och upphållit/upphållit (supine/perfect participle), with regional and stylistic variations in usage.

See also:

- Upprätthålla, bibehålla, underhålla

- Upphåll (noun form meaning a pause or halt)

- Upphållstillstånd (residence permit)

Upphålla thus covers both practical maintenance and ongoing support, with nuanced uses across everyday and formal Swedish.