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

Related terms

rauf (herauf, hinauf)

Further reading

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

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