hinunter
German, adverb/hɪˈnʊntɐ/
hinunter is spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written German, the 8,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinunter is a German adverb meaning “down, downwards (from the own location downwards)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einer Richtung folgend, die tiefer liegt als der momentane Standort; nach unten”.
What does hinunter mean in English?
adverb
- 1
down, downwards (from the own location downwards)
prefix
- 1
a prefix; down-(?) (away from the speaker)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. einer Richtung folgend, die tiefer liegt als der momentane Standort; nach unten
prefix: 1. von hier oben nach da unten
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 hinunter
- runter alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinunter?
- /hɪˈnʊntɐ/
- [hɪˈnʊntɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hinunter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hinunter in German?
hinunter appears 8.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).