rauf

See also: Rauf

German

Etymology

Contraction of herauf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁaʊf/

• Audio:

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Adverb

rauf

1. (colloquial) up, up here, upstairs (towards the speaker)

   Er kommt jetzt rauf. -- He's coming upstairs now.

2. (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

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse rauf.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /røyːv/
• Rhymes: -øyːv

Noun

rauf f (genitive singular raufar, nominative plural raufar)

1. rift, gap, slot

Derived terms

• nafarsrauf

Related terms

• rjúfa
• rof

See also

• rifa
• rífa

Anagrams

• fura

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Old Norse

Noun

rauf f

1. a gap, a rift, a hole

   Raufar himins.

   The sluices of heaven.

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

References

• “rauf”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press