runter
German
Alternative forms
- 'runter
Etymology
Contraction of herunter (“down here”) or hinunter (“down there”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rʊntɐ/, /rʊntər/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ʊntɐ
Adverb
runter
- (colloquial) down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)
- Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now.
- (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
- runtermachen
- runterladen
- runterholen
- runterkippen
- runterkommen
- runterwürgen
Related terms
- rauf (herauf, hinauf)
Further reading
- runter in Duden online