# droben

droben is a German adverb meaning “up”.

## In other languages

- Русский: наверху

## Meanings

1. up
   - 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11 — Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.
2. up there
   - 1903, Fanny zu Reventlow, Ellen Olestjerne, in Franziska Gräfin zu Reventlow: Gesammelte Werke, Albert Langen, page 580 — The church was entirely empty, the sun shone through the arched windows and up there someone played the organ.

## Examples

- Ich habe droben die Fenster zugemacht. — I've closed the windows upstairs.
- Der Himmel droben war tiefblau. — The sky above was deep blue.
- Die Lerchen trillern droben in der Luft. — The larks are warbling in the air.
- Er hat ein großes Haus droben auf dem Berge. — He has a big house on the mountain.
- Droben zog ein Flugzeug dahin, und dann ratterte der 12.15-Uhr-Zug vorbei. — An aeroplane passed overhead, and then the 12.15 train clattered by.

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