stromauf
[ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯f]
The verdict
“stromauf” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Strömung hinauf, gegen die Strömung
Corpus desk
Index DE-stromauf · stromauf · German
stromauf · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stromauf |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯f] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stromauf“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stromauf is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯f]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Strömung hinauf, gegen die Strömung".
stromauf doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is stromauf, spelled S-T-R-O-M-A-U-F.
Definition
- 1die Strömung hinauf, gegen die Strömung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how stromauf appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Unmengen von Schiffen begegnen uns; nicht selten kann man sie im Blick stromauf und stromab gleich im Dutzend zählen.“
Spittal liegt an der Drau stromauf von Villach, also näher an der Quelle.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.