"Unterwelt" meaning in German

See Unterwelt in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʊntərˌvɛlt/, [ˈʔʊn.tɐˌvɛlt], [-ˌʋɛlt] Audio: De-Unterwelt.ogg
Etymology: 15th century, from unter- + Welt. The sense “world of crime” (early 20th c.) is a semantic loan from English underworld. Etymology templates: {{af|de|unter-|Welt}} unter- + Welt, {{semantic loan|de|en|underworld|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English underworld Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Unterwelt f (genitive Unterwelt, plural Unterwelten) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Unterwelt [genitive], Unterwelten [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Unterwelt [nominative, singular], Unterwelten [definite, nominative, plural], Unterwelt [genitive, singular], Unterwelten [definite, genitive, plural], Unterwelt [dative, singular], Unterwelten [dative, definite, plural], Unterwelt [accusative, singular], Unterwelten [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Reich des Todes, Schattenreich, Hades, Scheol
    Sense id: en-Unterwelt-de-noun-oXBWerxx Categories (other): German terms prefixed with unter- Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with unter-: 45 11 44
  2. underworld (world of crime) Tags: feminine Synonyms: Milieu, Verbrechermilieu, Verbrecherwelt
    Sense id: en-Unterwelt-de-noun-pfFGUBaE Categories (other): German terms prefixed with unter- Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with unter-: 45 11 44
  3. (obsolete) this world, the earthly life (as opposed to heaven) Tags: feminine, obsolete Synonyms: Diesseits, Welt, irdisches Leben
    Sense id: en-Unterwelt-de-noun-DqpsVmtu Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms prefixed with unter- Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 42 5 53 Disambiguation of German terms prefixed with unter-: 45 11 44

Inflected forms

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