darauf

== German == === Alternative forms === d'rauf, drauf, druff === Etymology === From Middle High German dar uf, equivalent to dar- (“there”) +‎ auf (“up”) (or dar +‎ auf). Compare English thereupon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /daˈʁaʊ̯f/, /ˈdaːʁaʊ̯f/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯f === Adverb === darauf after (behind; later in time; following) on top of that on it no specific meaning; used, for example, to introduce a subclause of a main clause containing auf Ich warte darauf, die Sonne aufzugehen. ― I await the sunrise. (literally, “I'm waiting on it, the sun to go up.”) ==== Derived terms ==== darauf- === Further reading === “darauf” in Duden online “darauf”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “darauf” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon