"downwards" in German downwards abwärts Detailed translations for "downwards" downwards downwards(also: downwardly) abwärts{adverb} You-you feed the paper in a downwards fashion, so that's where the expression comes from. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Das Papier wird abwärts zugeführt, daher kommt der Ausdruck. English synonyms for "downwards" downwards {r} down downward downwardly