runter

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German

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Etymology

Contraction of herunter (down here) or hinunter (down there).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rʊntɐ/, /rʊntər/
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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.

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Further reading

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