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)

1. submarine (vessel)
2. 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