untergehen.
to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)
Meaning & usage
to set (of a heavenly body: to disappear below the horizon)
Die Sonne ist untergegangen.
to fall, to go down (to be defeated)
Das Römische Imperium ist untergegangen.
to perish, to vanish
Er ist in der Menge untergegangen.
to be drowned out
Seine Stimme ging im Lärm unter.
to go under (water), to sink
Das Schiff geht unter.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German undergēn, undergān, from Old High German untargēn, untargān, from Proto-West Germanic *undergān. Equivalent to unter- + gehen; cognate with Hunsrik unnergehn, and literally with English undergo.
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