"down" meaning in German

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Adjective

Audio: De-down.ogg Forms: downer [masculine, nominative, singular, strong]
Etymology: From English down. Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|down}} English down Head templates: {{de-adj}} down (strong nominative masculine singular downer, not comparable)
  1. (colloquial) down, depressed Tags: colloquial, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-down-de-adj-ZW2cdKMY
  2. (Internet, of websites and servers) down, not online Tags: Internet, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-down-de-adj-XOr1ZCtQ Categories (other): Internet, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 48
  3. (video games) down, defeated, without health left Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-down-de-adj-OZD6vUds Categories (other): Video games, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 49 48 Topics: video-games

Inflected forms

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