auf

Upon, in German

Auf is a German word meaning "on" or "up," borrowed into English primarily in the phrase auf Wiedersehen (goodbye, literally "until seeing again").

In American pop culture, auf gained currency through the TV show Project Runway, where host Heidi Klum would dismiss contestants with Auf Wiedersehen—often shortened to just auf.

upward

on

Touching from above

uponPreposition meaning atop
ontoIn contact above
riseMove to higher position

ascend · mount · elevate · raise · open · atop · above · surface · place

German

Central European language

prepositionRelational grammar term
DeutschThe German language
GermanicOf Teutonic language stock

Teutonic · loanword · cognate · etymology · linguistics · philology · morpheme · particle · separable · prefix

Opposites

spatial position (surface contact)

aufbelow

At a lower position

beneath · under · underneath

vertical direction (movement)

aufab

Torso muscle, slang

down

state of openness

aufclosed

Not accessible now

shut

Family

upped, upping, up, upper, upward, upwards, uppermost, ups

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G