rauf
See also: Rauf
German
Etymology
Contraction of herauf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaʊf/
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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
- (up here): herauf
- (up there): hinauf
Related terms
- hinab, hinunter
- herab, herunter
- runter
Further reading
- rauf in Duden online
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse rauf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /røyːv/
- Rhymes: -øyːv
Noun
rauf f (genitive singular raufar, nominative plural raufar)
- rift, gap, slot
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
- nafarsrauf
Related terms
- rjúfa
- rof
See also
- rifa
- rífa
Anagrams
- fura
Old Norse
Noun
rauf f
- a gap, a rift, a hole
- Raufar himins.
- The sluices of heaven.
- Raufar himins.
Derived terms
- bakrauf
- gotrauf
- himinraufar
- raufarsteinn (a stone with a hole drilled through it)
- raufartrefjur (a cloth riddled with holes)
Descendants
- Danish: røv
- Faroese: reyv
- Icelandic: rauf
- Swedish: röv
- Norwegian
- Bokmål: ræv
- Nynorsk: rauv
- Westrobothnian: rauv
References
- rauf in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press