stromaufwärts
[ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡s]
The verdict
“stromaufwärts” is uncommon German (frequency #76,239 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,239
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Quelle
Corpus desk
Index DE-stromaufwarts · stromaufwärts · German
stromaufwärts · rank #76,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,239
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH Streitfrage
Nearest frequency peer: Streitfrage (-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 „stromaufwärts“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Stratmann
Stratmann
23,765 corpus weight
- Streichorch…
Streichorchester
23,764 corpus weight
- Streitfrage
Streitfrage
23,763 corpus weight
- stromaufwär…
stromaufwärts
23,762 corpus weight
- Stromleitung
Stromleitung
23,761 corpus weight
- stylen
stylen
23,759 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „stromaufwärts“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stromaufwärts |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡s] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #76,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „stromaufwärts“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
stromaufwärts is uncommon German at frequency #76,239 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed [ʃtʁoːmˈʔaʊ̯fvɛʁt͡s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Quelle".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for stromaufwärts, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is stromaufwärts, spelled S-T-R-O-M-A-U-F-W-Ä-R-T-S.
Definition
- 1vom Standpunkt an einem Fließgewässer entlang in Richtung der Quelle
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how stromaufwärts appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dort unten auf dem Treidelweg jenseits des Stromes schleppen Bomätschen einen Elbkahn stromaufwärts.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.
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