U-Boot

German

Etymology

Clipping of Unterseeboot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuːboːt/
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Hyphenation: U-Boot

Noun

U-Boot n (strong, genitive U-Bootes or U-Boots, plural U-Boote)

submarine (vessel)
submersible (vessel)

Declension

Declension of U-Boot [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	U-Boot	die	U-Boote
genitive	eines	des	U-Bootes, U-Boots	der	U-Boote
dative	einem	dem	U-Boot, U-Boote¹	den	U-Booten
accusative	ein	das	U-Boot	die	U-Boote

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

Unterseeboot
Unterwasserboot

submarine

submersible

Tauchboot

Hyponyms

Atom-U-Boot
Jagd-U-Boot
Patrouillen-U-Boot

Derived terms

U-Boot-Christ
U-Boot-Kapitän
U-Boot-Kommandant
U-Boot-Krieg

Descendants

English: U-boat

Further reading

“U-Boot” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“U-Boot” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“U-Boot” in Duden online
U-Boot on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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