runter

German

Alternative forms

• 'runter

Etymology

Contraction of herunter (“down here”), semantically influenced by hinunter (“down there”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rʊntɐ/, /rʊntər/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -ʊntɐ

Adverb

runter

1. (colloquial) down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)

   Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now.

2. (colloquial) down, down there, downstairs (away from the speaker)

   Er geht runter zu den andern. -- He's going downstairs to the other people.

Synonyms

• herunter, herab
• hinunter, hinab

Derived terms

• runterholen
• runterkippen
• runterkommen
• runterladen
• runtermachen
• runterwürgen

Related terms

• rauf (herauf, hinauf)

Further reading

• “runter” in Duden online
• “runter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache