herab

See also: herab-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German her (“to here”) + ab, abe (“off, down”), equivalent to her- +‎ ab.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɛʁˈap], [hɛˈʁap]

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• Hyphenation: her‧ab

Adverb

herab

1. down, downwards (to the own location downwards)

Further reading

• “herab” in Duden online
• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “herab”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN