U-Boot

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Clipping of Unterseeboot.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈuːboːt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: U-Boot

Noun[edit]

U-Boot n (strong, genitive U-Bootes or U-Boots, plural U-Boote)

  1. submarine (vessel)
  2. submersible (vessel)

Declension[edit]

Declension of U-Boot [neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das U-Boot die U-Boote
genitive eines des U-Bootes, U-Boots der U-Boote
dative einem dem U-Boot, U-Boote1 den U-Booten
accusative ein das U-Boot die U-Boote

1Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms[edit]

submarine
    submersible

    Hyponyms[edit]

    Derived terms[edit]

    Descendants[edit]

    • English: U-boat

    Further reading[edit]

    • “U-Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • “U-Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “U-Boot” in Duden online
    • U-Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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