Finnish

(index yl)

Noun

ylämäki

1. A hill (sloping road) with a rising slope.
2. upper part of a slope

   Ylämäessä on vielä paljon lunta,

   There's still a lot of snow left on the upper parts of the slope.

3. the part of a slope which is uphill from one's current position

   Muut ovat vielä kaukana ylämäessä.

   The others are still far uphill.

Declension

Usage notes

In some cases ylämäki may be better translated using the English adverb uphill. See:

• ylämäessä
• ylämäkeen
• ylämäkeä

Synonyms

• (upward slope): vastamäki
• (part of slope uphill of one's current position): vastamäki

Antonyms

• alamäki