underworld

See also: Underworld

English

Etymology

under- +‎ world

Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

1. (mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
2. That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.
3. (video games) The portion of a game that is set below ground.

   Antonym: overworld

   • 2016, Alyse Knorr, Super Mario Bros. 3: Boss Fight Books #13

     In the underworld theme, low notes create a darker feeling that matches the cave setting. This song also creates a sense of continuity across early Mario games, since it's a remix of SMB1's original underworld theme.

Synonyms

• (world of the dead): netherworld

Translations

part of society engaged in crime or vice

• Catalan: submón (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑社會／黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì), 黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì)

• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld f, misdaadwereld f
• Esperanto: gangstera mondo
• Estonian: allilm
• Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m, brotsmannaverð f, undirheimur m
• Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
• French: pègre (fr) f
• Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro), კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro)
• German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt f
• Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m (ypókosmos)
• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
• Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: malavita (it) f
• Japanese: 暗黒街 (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
• Khmer: ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
• Macedonian: подземје n (podzemje)
• Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underverden m

• Polish: świat przestępczy m, półświatek (pl) m
• Portuguese: submundo m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: престу́пный мир m (prestúpnyj mir), дно (ru) n (dno)
• Serbo-Croatian: podzemlje (sh) n
• Slovak: podsvetie n
• Spanish: inframundo m, submundo m, hampa (es) f
• Swedish: undre värld
• Welsh: isfyd m
• Yiddish: אונטערוועלט f (untervelt), בלאַטע (blate)

world of the dead

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 地獄／地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間／阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 閻王／阎王 (zh) (Yánwáng), 阎王 (zh) (yánwáng)

• Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
• Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
• Danish: underverden c
• Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
• Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks)
• Esperanto: submondo
• Estonian: allmaailm, manala, toonela
• Faroese: undirheimur m, helheimur m, skuggaheimur m
• Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
• French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti), ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli), ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti)
• German: Unterwelt (de) f
• Greek: άδης m (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n pl (tártara)
• Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (he) m or f (sh'ol)
• Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
• Irish: an domhan thíos m
• Italian: inferi m pl, oltretomba (it), altro mondo (figuratively)
• Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku), 冥界 (ja) (meikai)
• Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrʊək)
• Latin: Orcus m, infera n pl
• Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: underverden m

• Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
• Portuguese: submundo m, abismo (pt) m
• Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), загро́бный мир m (zagróbnyj mir), потусторо́нний мир m (potustorónnij mir), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet) ("that world")
• Slovak: podsvetie n
• Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
• Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
• Thai: ยมโลก (th) (yom-má-lôok)
• Welsh: annwfn m, annwn m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) Estonian: allilm (1)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• (deprecated template usage) Spanish: infierno m (2)

See also

• Hades, Tartarus
• hell
• Hel, Niflheim, Niflhel
• Gehenna