herunterbrechen
German, verb
herunterbrechen is spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-B-R-E-C-H-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 189,851st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herunterbrechen is a German verb meaning “to break off and fall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herunterbrechen is a different word: “gerund of herunterbrechen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(von Objekten) abbrechen und herunterfallen”.
What does herunterbrechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to break off and fall
- 2
to break down, to simplify
- 3
to apply a general statement to a concrete case
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herunterbrechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (von Objekten) abbrechen und herunterfallen 2. ein komplexes Prinzip, eine abstrakte Idee oder Ähnliches durch Vereinfachung, Aufschlüsselung auf konkrete, spezielle Bereiche anwendbar machen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of herunterbrechen
- bricht herunter present singular third-person
- brach herunter past
- heruntergebrochen participle past
- bräche herunter past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- 4 strong
- haben or sein auxiliary
- herunterbrechend participle present
- herunterzubrechen infinitive infinitive-zu
- breche herunter first-person indicative present
- brechen herunter first-person indicative plural
- brichst herunter indicative present second-person
- brecht herunter indicative plural present
- brechest herunter second-person singular subjunctive
- brechet herunter plural second-person subjunctive
- brachen herunter first-person indicative plural
- brächen herunter first-person formal plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is herunterbrechen in German?
herunterbrechen appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).