Unterwelt
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
15th century, from unter- + Welt. The sense “world of crime” (early 20th c.) is a semantic loan from English underworld.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Unterwelt f (genitive Unterwelt, plural Unterwelten)
- netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell)
- Synonyms: Reich des Todes, Schattenreich, Hades, Scheol
- underworld (world of crime)
- Synonyms: Milieu, Verbrechermilieu, Verbrecherwelt
- (obsolete) this world, the earthly life (as opposed to heaven)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Unterwelt [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Unterwelt | die | Unterwelten |
genitive | einer | der | Unterwelt | der | Unterwelten |
dative | einer | der | Unterwelt | den | Unterwelten |
accusative | eine | die | Unterwelt | die | Unterwelten |