upon

upon
preposition
1) (indicating direction) auf (+ Akk.); (indicating position) auf (+ Dat.)
2) see academic.ru/51675/on">on 1. 1), 2)

a house upon the river bank — ein Haus am Flussufer

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1) (to meet by accident: I chanced on a friend of yours.) auf jemanden stoßen
2) (to discover by accident: I chanced upon some information.) auf etwas stoßen
* * *
upon
[əˈpɒn, AM əˈpɑ:n]
prep (usu form)
1. (on top of) auf +dat; with verbs of motion auf +akk
there are two books lying \upon my desk auf meinem Schreibtisch liegen zwei Bücher
he put his hand \upon her shoulder er legte seine Hand auf ihre Schulter
2. (around) an +dat
the watch \upon his wrist die Uhr an seinem Handgelenk
3. (hanging on) an +dat
\upon the ceiling/wall an der Decke/Wand
4. (at time of) bei +dat
\upon arrival bei Ankunft
\upon the count of three, start running bei drei lauft ihr los
once \upon a time vor langer Zeit
once \upon a time there was a poor girl es war einmal ein armes Mädchen
5. (form: about) über +akk
after meditating \upon the idea a few minutes ... nachdem sie einige Minuten über die Sache nachgedacht hatte, ...
I'll have more to say \upon that subject later ich werde zu diesem Punkt später noch mehr sagen
6. (form: through medium of) auf +akk
\upon paper auf Papier
7. (with base in) auf +akk
he swore \upon his word er schwor bei seinem Wort
don't try to force your will \upon me versuch' nicht, mir deinen Willen aufzuzwingen
we settled \upon a price wir einigten uns auf einen Preis
he was intent \upon following in his father's footsteps er war entschlossen, in die Fußstapfen seines Vaters zu treten
it is \upon your shoulders du bist dafür verantwortlich
we're relying \upon you wir verlassen uns auf dich
10. after vb (against) gegen +akk
11. after vb (across) über +akk
12. (following) nach +dat
they suffered defeat \upon defeat sie erlitten eine Niederlage nach der anderen
13. (imminent)
to be \upon sb jdm bevorstehen
* * *
[ə'pɒn]
prep
See:
= on
* * *
upon [əˈpɒn; US auch əˈpɑn] präp → on A (upon ist, besonders in der Umgangssprache, weniger häufig als on, jedoch in folgenden Fällen üblich):
a) in verschiedenen Redewendungen:
upon this hierauf, -nach, darauf(hin);
Christmas is almost upon us Weihnachten steht vor der Tür
b) in Beteuerungen: → word B 4, etc
c) in kumulativen Wendungen:
loss upon loss Verlust auf Verlust, dauernde Verluste;
petition upon petition ein Gesuch nach dem anderen
d) als Märchenanfang: → once A 3
* * *
preposition
1) (indicating direction) auf (+ Akk.); (indicating position) auf (+ Dat.)
2) see on 1. 1), 2)

a house upon the river bank — ein Haus am Flussufer

* * *
prep.
auf präp.
darauf präp.

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