# runter

runter is a German adverb meaning “down”.

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ down, down here, downstairs (towards the speaker)
   - Er kommt jetzt runter. -- He's coming downstairs now.
2. _colloquial_ down, down there, downstairs (away from the speaker)
   - Er geht runter zu den andern. -- He's going downstairs to the other people.

## Examples

- Und dann ging ich runter in die U-Bahn. — Then I went down into the metro.
- Runter von meinem Dach! — Get off my roof.
- Er ging die Straße hoch und runter. — He went up and down the street.
- Nimm das Ding von mir runter! — Get that thing off me.
- Komm vom Klo runter! Ich muss! — Get out of the bathroom, I need to go.

## Related words

- Synonym: herunter, herab, hinunter, hinab

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