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niedergehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • descend verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  • fallout noun Radioactive dust and debris that settles after a nuclear explosion.

Senses

niedergehen is used for these senses in English:

  • 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.
  • fallout The event of small airborne particles falling to the ground in significant quantities as a result of major industrial activity, volcano eruption, sandstorm, nuclear explosion, etc.

descend — full definition

  1. verb To move from a higher place to a lower one; to go down.
  2. verb To be traced back to, or come from, an earlier generation or source.
  3. verb To become worse or fall into a lower, more negative state.

fallout — full definition

  1. noun Radioactive dust and debris that settles after a nuclear explosion.
  2. noun The unpleasant or unexpected consequences of an event or decision.

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