untertauchen

German

Etymology

unter- +‎ tauchen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʊntɐˌtaʊ̯χn̩]
• Hyphenation: un‧ter‧tau‧chen

Verb

1. (in water) to dive, to plunge (of a diver, etc.); to submerge (of a submarine, etc.)
2. (figuratively) to disappear, to go hiding
   • 1922, Walther Kabel (pseud. William Käbler), Der Medizinmann Omakati, Verlag moderner Lektüre, page 40:

     Aber der Komanche war schon wieder in den Büschen untergetaucht.

     But the Comanche had already disappered in the bushes again.

Further reading

• “untertauchen” in Duden online