hinunterrutschen
German, verb[hɪˈnʊntɐˌʁʊt͡ʃn̩]
hinunterrutschen is spelled H-I-N-U-N-T-E-R-R-U-T-S-C-H-E-N (16 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hinunterrutschen is a German verb meaning “to slide down (away from speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach unten rutschen, rutschend hinunterfallen”.
What does hinunterrutschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to slide down (away from speaker)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach unten rutschen, rutschend hinunterfallen
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 hinunterrutschen
- rutscht hinunter present singular third-person
- rutschte hinunter past
- hinuntergerutscht participle past
- sein auxiliary
- hinunterrutschend participle present
- hinunterzurutschen infinitive infinitive-zu
- rutsche hinunter first-person indicative present
- rutschen hinunter first-person indicative plural
- rutschst hinunter indicative present second-person
- rutschest hinunter second-person singular subjunctive
- rutschet hinunter plural second-person subjunctive
- rutschten hinunter first-person indicative plural
- rutschtest hinunter indicative preterite second-person
- rutschtet hinunter indicative plural preterite
- rutsch hinunter! imperative singular
- rutscht hinunter! imperative plural
- hinuntergerutscht sein active infinitive perfect
- hinuntergerutscht zu sein active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hinunterrutschen?
- [hɪˈnʊntɐˌʁʊt͡ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hinunterrutschen in German?
hinunterrutschen appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).