Unterseeboot
Appearance
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Hyponyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Unterseeboot”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
- “Unterseeboot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Unterseeboot” in Duden online
Unterseeboot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de