вверх по лестнице
up the stairs
Он быстро побежал вверх по лестнице.
He quickly ran up the stairs.
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Adverb · A2 · common
вверх
Translation of вверх
up
Russian word in Latin letters: vverh / vverkh
Meaning of вверх
Russian
в направлении более высокой точки или уровня
English
toward a higher position
Pronunciation
Russian · Male
[ˈvfʲerx]
Russian · Female
Traps and common mistakes
Вверх or наверху?
наверху = up there (a place, not movement)
Don't mix them up. Where something is — наверху; where something moves — вверх.
Спальня наверху.
The bedroom is upstairs.
Птица взлетела вверх.
The bird flew up.
Collocations with вверх
Common Russian phrases grouped by meaning, with example sentences. Green words open their own page.
11 collocations
Going up something
вверх по течению
upstream
Мы плыли на лодке вверх по течению.
We went upstream by boat.
- вверх по улицеup the street
Looking and pointing up
смотреть вверх
look up
Дети смотрели вверх на воздушных змеев.
The kids were looking up at the kites.
руки вверх
hands up
Кто хочет добавки, руки вверх!
Hands up if you want seconds!
- показать пальцем вверхpoint up
- поднять большой палец вверхgive a thumbs-up
Direction and position
вверх ногами
upside down
Ты повесил картину вверх ногами.
You hung the picture upside down.
вверх и вниз
up and down
Лифт весь вечер ездил вверх и вниз.
The elevator went up and down all evening.
- снизу вверхfrom bottom to top
- всё вверх дномa total mess
Words related to вверх
- верхverkhnoun · top
- ве́рхнийvérkhniyadjective · upper, top
- наве́рхnavérkhadverb · up, upstairs (motion)наве́рх = where to; наверху́ = where.
- наверху́naverkhúadverb · up, upstairs (location)
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Look up!
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Посмотри вверх!
The balloon went up.
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Шарик полетел вверх.
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What's the difference between вверх and наверх
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наверх
Up to the top or upstairs
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What does вверх mean?
toward a higher position
How do you pronounce вверх?
вверх is pronounced [ˈvfʲerx], in Latin letters “vverh”.
How is вверх used in a sentence?
Look up! Translation: Посмотри вверх!
Is вверх part of rec:prepositions_direction vocabulary?
Yes, вверх (up) can be learned in the rec:prepositions_direction topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
Is вверх part of rec:directions vocabulary?
Yes, вверх (up) can be learned in the rec:directions topic. This semantic link helps build related word lists and topic-based practice.
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