herunterkommen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
Senses
herunterkommen is used for these senses in English:
- come down (intransitive) To descend, fall down, collapse.
- descend (intransitive) To physically move or pass from a higher to a lower place or position; to come or go down in any way, such as by climbing, falling, flowing, walking, etc.; to move downwards; to fall, to sink.
- go to seed (figuratively, by extension) To deteriorate; to decline into an unkempt or debased condition.
descend — full definition
- verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
- verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
- verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.