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rauf
rauf
German
Adverb
rauf
- (colloquial) up, up here, upstairs (towards the speaker)
- Er kommt jetzt rauf. -- He's coming upstairs now.
- (colloquial) up, up there, upstairs (away from the speaker)
- Er geht rauf zu den andern. -- He's going upstairs to the other people.
Usage notes
Unlike the standard language, colloquial German does not distinguish the meanings of hinauf (“up there, away from the speaker”) and herauf (“up here, up towards the speaker”). Rauf is used for both meanings.
Synonyms
- herauf
- hinauf
Related terms
Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /røyːv/
- Rhymes: -øyːv
Noun
rauf f (genitive singular raufar, nominative plural raufar)
Declension
declension of rauf
| f-s1 | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | rauf | raufin | raufar | raufarnar |
| accusative | rauf | raufina | raufar | raufarnar |
| dative | rauf | raufinni | raufum | raufunum |
| genitive | raufar | raufarinnar | raufa | raufanna |
Derived terms
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Old Norse
Noun
rauf f
Derived terms
- bakrauf
- gotrauf
- himinraufar
- raufarsteinn (a stone with a hole drilled through it)
- raufartrefjur (a cloth riddled with holes)
Descendants
References
- rauf in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press