hernieder
German, adverb/hɛɐ̯ˈniːdɐ/
hernieder is a German adverb meaning “down, downwards (to the own location downwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “aus der Richtung von irgendwo oben nach unten, meist zum Sprecher, Erzähler oder Handelnden hin”.
What does hernieder mean in English?
adverb
- 1
down, downwards (to the own location downwards)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. abwärts, (von oben) nach unten, in die Tiefe
adverb: 1. aus der Richtung von irgendwo oben nach unten, meist zum Sprecher, Erzähler oder Handelnden hin
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce hernieder?
- /hɛɐ̯ˈniːdɐ/
- [hɛɐ̯ˈniːdɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hernieder in German?
hernieder appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).