"boil down to sth" in German to boil down to sth. auf etw. hinauslaufen hinauskommen Detailed translations for "boil down to sth" to boil down to sth. to boil down to sth.(also: to amount to sth., to come down to sth., to be essentially a matter of sth., to be in essence sth.) auf etw. hinauslaufen to boil down to sth.(also: to amount to sth., to come down to sth., to be essentially a matter of sth., to be in essence sth.) hinauskommen{intransitive verb}