Polyglot Dictionary

Aufstieg

/ˈaʊ̯fˌʃtiːk/

der noun B1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Aufstiege

Meaning

  1. ascent, climb; rise (career, in status)

    From aufsteigen (to climb, to rise).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

anstieg

Aufstieg is used for a climb or a rise in career/status; Anstieg is the more neutral word for any rise or increase (a slope, a rate, a number).

Similar in other languages

English

climb the ladder

Close, figuratively — "climbing the ladder" means rising in one's career.

English

upgrade

Close, figuratively — a rise (in status) relates to an upgrade.

Practice

1 What does Aufstieg mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ zum Gipfel dauerte drei Stunden.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Aufstieg?

Opposites

  • Niedergang
noun

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