rheinaufwärts

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German

Etymology

From Rhein +‎ aufwärts.

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Adverb

rheinaufwärts

  1. upstream on the Rhine
    • 1844, A. W. Boyse, Beiträge zum practischen eisenbahnbau, page 220:
      Er liegt nicht so bequem in Bezug auf die Einfahrt zur Stadt, aber eben so bequem für den Anschluß an den Rhein und die Weiterführung der Bahn rheinaufwärts.
      It is not as conveniently located for entry to the town, but it is just as convenient for connections to the Rhine and the continuation of the line upstream.
    • 1902, Julius Wilhelm Otto Richter, Von der Nordsee rheinaufwärts bis zum Bodensee, ("From the North Sea up the Rhine to Lake Constance"):
    • 2008 November 8, Hildegard Werth, “Die russische Raumfähre Buran und ihre spektakuläre Reise ins Speyerer Technikmuseum”, in Berliner Zeitung:
      Immer wieder schaute er auf "seine" Buran, die auf dem Ponton rheinaufwärts glitt.
      He kept looking at "his" Buran, which floated up the Rhine on the pontoon.

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