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runterholen

German, verb/ˈʁʊntɐˌhoːlən/

runterholen is spelled R-U-N-T-E-R-H-O-L-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runterholen is a German verb meaning “clipping of herunterholen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, das sich [von hier aus gesehen, wo der sich Äußernde ist] in einer erhöhten Position befunden hat…”.

What does runterholen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialclipping of herunterholen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas, das sich [von hier aus gesehen, wo der sich Äußernde ist] in einer erhöhten Position befunden hat, nach unten [hierher zum sich Äußernden] schaffen 2. in der Wendung „einen runterholen“: sich selbst oder einen [anderen] Mann mit der Hand sexuell befriedigen

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 runterholen

  • holt runter present singular third-person
  • holte runter past
  • runtergeholt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • runterholend participle present
  • runterzuholen infinitive infinitive-zu
  • hole runter first-person indicative present
  • holen runter first-person indicative plural
  • holst runter indicative present second-person
  • holest runter second-person singular subjunctive
  • holet runter plural second-person subjunctive
  • holten runter first-person indicative plural
  • holtest runter indicative preterite second-person
  • holtet runter indicative plural preterite
  • hol runter! imperative singular
  • holt runter! imperative plural
  • runtergeholt haben active infinitive perfect
  • runtergeholt werden processual-passive infinitive present

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce runterholen?

  • /ˈʁʊntɐˌhoːlən/
  • [ˈʁʊntɐˌhoːlən]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is runterholen in German?

runterholen 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).

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