Vocabulary
hinunter
/hɪˈnʊntɐ/· adverb
down, downwards (away from the speaker)
Hinunter — down, away from where you are (den Berg hinunter, die Treppe hinunter); in speech people mostly say runter. The opposite is hinauf.
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hinunter
down (away from the speaker)
Nach der Pause gingen wir den Berg wieder hinunter.
After the break we went back down the mountain.
Word family
hinunterhinuntergehento go downhinunterschluckento swallowherunterdown (towards the speaker)runterdown (colloquial)
Common combinations
- den Berg hinunterdown the mountain
- die Treppe hinunterdown the stairs
- den Fluss hinunterdown the river
- etwas hinunterschluckento swallow something
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
abwärtsnach untenrunter
↔ Opposites
hinaufherauf
Common learner mistakes
- Komm hinunter! (gesagt von unten)Komm herunter!hin- means away from the speaker, her- towards the speaker: if you are downstairs, the other person comes herunter.
Real examples
- Ich bringe schnell den Müll hinunter, dann können wir los.I'll just take the rubbish down, then we can go.
- Der Weg hinunter ins Tal war steil, deshalb sind wir langsam gegangen.The path down into the valley was steep, so we walked slowly.
- Vom Turm aus kann man auf die ganze Altstadt hinunterschauen.From the tower you can look down on the whole old town.
