"Unterton" meaning in German

See Unterton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʊntɐˌtoːn/ Audio: De-Unterton.ogg
Etymology: unter + Ton Etymology templates: {{af|de|unter|Ton}} unter + Ton Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s,^e}} Unterton m (strong, genitive Untertones or Untertons, plural Untertöne) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s,^e}} Forms: Untertones [genitive], Untertons [genitive], Untertöne [plural], strong [table-tags], Unterton [nominative, singular], Untertöne [definite, nominative, plural], Untertones [genitive, singular], Untertons [genitive, singular], Untertöne [definite, genitive, plural], Unterton [dative, singular], Untertone [dative, singular], Untertönen [dative, definite, plural], Unterton [accusative, singular], Untertöne [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (countable, figurative) undertone, undercurrent (subtle and implicit message contained in an explicit message) Tags: countable, figuratively, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Unterton-de-noun-O18YxeLI
  2. (countable, music) subharmonic Tags: countable, masculine, strong Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-Unterton-de-noun-lllMqC1p Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 25 75 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for Unterton meaning in German (3.4kB)

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