Vocabulary
darunter
/daˈʁʊntɐ/· adverb
among them, including; below that (a figure); by that (darunter verstehen); underneath
Darunter is a newspaper favourite: "50 Verletzte, darunter zehn Kinder" — it names part of a group. It also points to a lower figure, to what you mean by a word (Was verstehst du darunter?) and to what you suffer from (darunter leiden).
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darunter
among them, including
Bei dem Unfall wurden zwölf Menschen verletzt, darunter drei Kinder.
Twelve people were injured in the accident, among them three children.
Word family
darunterunterunder, amongdarüberabove it; about itdrunter(colloquial) underneath
Common combinations
- darunter leidento suffer from it
- etwas darunter verstehento understand something by it
- … und darunter… and under
- drunter und drüber gehento be in total chaos
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
unter ihneneinschließlich
Common learner mistakes
- Was verstehst du unter das?Was verstehst du darunter?For things, German uses da- + preposition (darunter, darüber, damit) instead of preposition + das.
Real examples
- Die Stadt hat 40 neue Wohnungen gebaut, darunter zehn für Menschen mit Behinderung.The town has built 40 new flats, including ten for people with disabilities.
- Wenn die Eltern ständig streiten, leiden vor allem die Kinder darunter.When parents argue all the time, it's above all the children who suffer from it.
- Was genau verstehen Sie darunter, wenn Sie von „flexiblen Arbeitszeiten“ sprechen?What exactly do you mean by that when you talk about "flexible working hours"?
