"runter" meaning in German

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Adverb

IPA: /rʊntɐ/, /rʊntər/ Audio: De-runter.ogg Forms: 'runter [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʊntɐ Etymology: Contraction of herunter (“down here”), semantically influenced by hinunter (“down there”). Head templates: {{head|de|adverb||||am {{{2}}}|head=|sort=}} runter, {{de-adv}} runter
  1. (colloquial) down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-runter-de-adv-CbQNz6P~
  2. (colloquial) down, down there, downstairs (away from the speaker) Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-runter-de-adv-ukrjNX4X Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: herunter, herab, hinunter, hinab Derived forms: runtermachen, runterladen, runterholen, runterkippen, runterkommen, runterwürgen Related terms: rauf (alt: herauf, hinauf)
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "runterholen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "runterkippen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "runterkommen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "runterwürgen"
    }
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adv",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now."
        }
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          "text": "Er geht runter zu den andern. -- He's going downstairs to the other people."
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      "ipa": "/rʊntər/"
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      "word": "hinunter"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "hinab"
    }
  ],
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "runtermachen"
    },
    {
      "word": "runterladen"
    },
    {
      "word": "runterholen"
    },
    {
      "word": "runterkippen"
    },
    {
      "word": "runterkommen"
    },
    {
      "word": "runterwürgen"
    }
  ],
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  "related": [
    {
      "alt": "herauf, hinauf",
      "word": "rauf"
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  ],
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        {
          "text": "Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now."
        }
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      ],
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  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/rʊntər/"
    },
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-ʊntɐ"
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    {
      "word": "herunter"
    },
    {
      "word": "herab"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinunter"
    },
    {
      "word": "hinab"
    }
  ],
  "word": "runter"
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