Unterseeboot
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of unter + See + Boot, literally “under-sea boat”.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Unterseeboot n (strong, genitive Unterseebootes or Unterseeboots, plural Unterseeboote)
- (formal) submarine (vessel)
- Synonyms: (usual) U-Boot, (rarer) Tauchboot, Unterwasserboot
- submersible (vessel)
- Synonyms: U-Boot, Unterwasserboot, Tauchboot
Declension[edit]
Declension of Unterseeboot [neuter, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Unterseeboot | die | Unterseeboote |
genitive | eines | des | Unterseebootes, Unterseeboots | der | Unterseeboote |
dative | einem | dem | Unterseeboot, Unterseeboote1 | den | Unterseebooten |
accusative | ein | das | Unterseeboot | die | Unterseeboote |
1Now rare, see notes.
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Further reading[edit]
- “Unterseeboot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Unterseeboot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Unterseeboot” in Duden online
- Unterseeboot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de