Polyglot Dictionary

abwärts

/ˈapvɛʁts/

adverb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adv Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. downwards

    • Der Weg führt abwärts.

      The path leads downwards.

Similar words

herab

Close synonyms for "downward" — herab specifically implies movement from above down toward the speaker, while abwärts is the neutral, direction-only word.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

abajo

abajo is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "downwards, below."

Practice

1 What does abwärts mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Weg führt ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches abwärts?

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