herunterdrücken
German, verb
herunterdrücken is spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-D-R-Ü-C-K-E-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 232,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Herunterdrücken is a German verb meaning “to press down, to push down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Herunterdrücken is a different word: “pressing down, depressing”.
What does herunterdrücken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to press down, to push down
den Hebel herunterdrücken.
- 2
to bring down
die Temperatur herunterdrücken.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of herunterdrücken
- 2
neuterpressing down, depressing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of herunterdrücken
- drückt herunter present singular third-person
- drückte herunter past
- heruntergedrückt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- herunterdrückend participle present
- herunterzudrücken infinitive infinitive-zu
- drücke herunter first-person indicative present
- drücken herunter first-person indicative plural
- drückst herunter indicative present second-person
- drückest herunter second-person singular subjunctive
- drücket herunter plural second-person subjunctive
- drückten herunter first-person indicative plural
- drücktest herunter indicative preterite second-person
- drücktet herunter indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is herunterdrücken in German?
herunterdrücken appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).