herunterkommen
[hɛˈʁʊntɐˌkɔmən]
The verdict
“herunterkommen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - von oben nach herunter kommen
Corpus desk
Index DE-herunterkommen · herunterkommen · German
herunterkommen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "H" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herunterkommen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌkɔmən] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „herunterkommen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
herunterkommen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [hɛˈʁʊntɐˌkɔmən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for herunterkommen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is herunterkommen, spelled H-E-R-U-N-T-E-R-K-O-M-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1von oben nach herunter kommen
- 2in irgendeiner Form (wirtschaftlich, gesellschaftlich et cetera) absinken
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how herunterkommen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er kommt die Treppe zum Essen herunter.
Durch die Wirtschaftskrise ist er vollkommen heruntergekommen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.