runter
German, adverb/rʊntɐ/
runter is spelled R-U-N-T-E-R (6 letters) and appears 44 times per million words in written German, the 1,929th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runter is a German adverb meaning “down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “herunter; nach unten”.
What does runter mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialdown, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)
Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now.
- 2
colloquialdown, down there, downstairs (away from the speaker)
Er geht runter zu den andern. -- He's going downstairs to the other people.
prefix
- 1
down-/down
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. herunter; nach 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 runter
- 'runter alternative
- herunter variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce runter?
- /rʊntɐ/
- /rʊntər/
- [ˈʁʊntɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to runter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is runter in German?
runter appears 44 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).