rauf

== German == === Etymology === Contraction of herauf. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁaʊf/ === Adverb === rauf (colloquial) up, up here, upstairs (towards the speaker) Synonym: herauf Er kommt jetzt rauf. -- He's coming upstairs now. (colloquial) up, up there, upstairs (away from the speaker) Synonym: hinauf 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. ==== 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 ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nafarsrauf ==== Related terms ==== rjúfa rof ==== See also ==== rifa rífa === Anagrams === fura == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === rof === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *raubō. === Noun === rauf f a gap, a rift, a hole ==== Derived terms ==== bakrauf gotrauf himinraufar raufarsteinn (a stone with a hole drilled through it) raufartrefjur (a cloth riddled with holes) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: rauf Faroese: reyv Norwegian Nynorsk: ræv, rauv Norwegian Bokmål: ræv Swedish: röv Danish: røv === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “rauf”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Plautdietsch == === Adverb === rauf down, downwards