runter
German
Alternative forms
- 'runter
Etymology
Contraction of herunter (“down here”), semantically influenced by 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.