flussabwärts

[flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s]

/[flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s]/ adv

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The verdict

“flussabwärts” is uncommon German (frequency #52,088 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,088
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Mündung

Corpus desk

Index DE-flussabwarts · flussabwärts · German

flussabwärts · rank #52,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,088
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH Fluglinien

Nearest frequency peer: Fluglinien (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „flussabwärts“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „flussabwärts“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for flussabwärts
PropertyValue
Headwordflussabwärts
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s]
Letters12
Frequency rank#52,088
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „flussabwärts“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.flussabwärtsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Fluglinien“ (#52,087), „fog“ (#52,089), „Floridsdorf“ (#52,086). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „flussabwärts“ bei #52,088. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

flussabwärts is uncommon German at frequency #52,088 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Mündung".

Zero misspellings are on record for flussabwärts in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is flussabwärts, spelled F-L-U-S-S-A-B-W-Ä-R-T-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Mündung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how flussabwärts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 10 Kilometer flussabwärts liegt ein kleines Dorf.
  2. „Jemand wollte beobachtet haben, wie er im Morgennebel flussabwärts gerudert sei.“

Synonyms

flussabstromabwärtsstromab

Antonyms

flussaufflussaufwärtsstromaufstromaufwärts

This word in other languages

downstream(English)en aval(Français)a jusante(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "flussabwärts"?
"flussabwärts" is spelled F-L-U-S-S-A-B-W-Ä-R-T-S. The IPA pronunciation is [flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s].
What does "flussabwärts" mean?
As an adverb, "flussabwärts" means: vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Mündung
How do you pronounce "flussabwärts"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "flussabwärts" is [flʊsˈʔapvɛʁt͡s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "flussabwärts" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "flussabwärts", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Fingernägeln#52,084festgefahren#52,080einstimmigen#52,052einleitenden#52,050

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list