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180 months ago

lingua47 (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	German > English
Subject:	Technical / Engineering
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	fährt hinauf
Context:	Das Schiff fährt den Rhein hinauf

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180 months ago

wrote:

the ship is sailing upstream

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180 months ago

wrote:

Le bateau gagne de l'hauteur

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180 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

The ship sails up the river Rhine.

My comment:

For the correct tense more context is needed:
Is this a statement in a tour description or is it sailing at present?
Or ...

Opposite of: sailing down = downstream

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180 months ago

www.buero-garisch.de wrote:

is going upstream

My comment:

The ship is going upstream the Rhin River.

see the example:
Going upstream against the river's very strong current, the Loreley made about ten kilometers an
hour. ...
. “I don't think we will open for ships going downstream,” he said. ..."

My references:

http://www.mrhalliday.com/gbhalliday/Germany%20Trip/06Rhine/02RhineCruise/5-27Rhinecruise.htm

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