| Part of speech | preposition |
|---|
Whatever it was upon the roof had made an opening that grew larger and larger as the creature tore away the thatching.
He tossed the packet upon the bed.
But where the trees stand thickly nothing grows upon the ground.
| Afrikaans | aan |
|---|---|
| Catalan | sobre |
| Czech | na; o; po |
| Danish | over; på |
| Dutch | aan; op |
| Esperanto | sur |
| Faeroese | á |
| Finnish | ‐lla |
| French | à; contre; sur |
| German | auf |
| Luxemburgish | op |
| Malay | pada |
| Norwegian | på |
| Papiamento | ariba; riba; na |
| Polish | na |
| Portuguese | em cima de; na superfície de; por cima de; sobre |
| Romanian | pe |
| Russian | на |
| Saterland Frisian | an; ap |
| Scottish Gaelic | air |
| Spanish | encima de; sobre; en |
| Swahili | juu ya; katika |
| Thai | บน |
| Welsh | ar |
| West Frisian | op |