heruntergekommen
German, adjective/hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən/
heruntergekommen is a German adjective meaning “decayed, dilapidated, run-down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of herunterkommen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in einem desolaten Zustand seiend”.
What does heruntergekommen mean in English?
adjective
- 1
decayed, dilapidated, run-down
ein heruntergekommenes Gebäude
verb
- 1
past participle of herunterkommen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in einem desolaten Zustand seiend
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 heruntergekommen
- heruntergekommener masculine nominative singular
- am heruntergekommensten superlative
- heruntergekommene feminine nominative singular
- heruntergekommenes neuter nominative singular
- heruntergekommenen genitive masculine singular
- heruntergekommenem dative masculine singular
- der heruntergekommene definite includes-article masculine
- die heruntergekommene definite feminine includes-article
- das heruntergekommene definite includes-article neuter
- die heruntergekommenen definite includes-article nominative
- des heruntergekommenen definite genitive includes-article
- der heruntergekommenen definite feminine genitive
- dem heruntergekommenen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce heruntergekommen?
- /hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən/
- [hɛˈʁʊntɐɡəˌkɔmən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to heruntergekommen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is heruntergekommen in German?
heruntergekommen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).