Underground
See also: underground
English
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An older-style Underground roundel at Arnos Grove station.
Proper noun
the Underground
- (UK, rail transport) The London Underground.
- Synonym: Tube
- 1940 October, “Notes and News: The High Barnet Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 569:
- Although some of the stations on ' The Branch ' have not, as yet, suffered any considerable structural alterations, all are now equipped with the familiar Underground type name boards, and as a result the imposing titles of G.N. days have been ruthlessly curtailed.
- 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 71:
- Heathrow has a 28% share of passengers arriving by rail, two-thirds of whom come by the Underground.
Related terms
Further reading
London Underground on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English underground
Declension
Declension of Underground [sg-only, masculine, strong]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Underground |
| genitive | eines | des | Undergrounds |
| dative | einem | dem | Underground |
| accusative | einen | den | Underground |
Further reading
- “Underground” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Underground” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Underground” in Duden online
- “Underground” in OpenThesaurus.de
- Underground on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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