rauf
German, adverb/ʁaʊf/
rauf is spelled R-A-U-F (4 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauf is a German adverb meaning “up, up here, upstairs (towards the speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach oben, hin zum Sprecher”.
What does rauf mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialup, up here, upstairs (towards the speaker)
Er kommt jetzt rauf. -- He's coming upstairs now.
- 2
colloquialup, up there, upstairs (away from the speaker)
Er geht rauf zu den andern. -- He's going upstairs to the other people.
prefix
- 1
colloquialup-/up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. nach oben, hin zum Sprecher 2. nach oben, weg vom Sprecher
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rauf
- herauf- alternative
- hinauf- alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rauf?
- /ʁaʊf/
- [ʁaʊ̯f]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rauf in German?
rauf appears 6.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).