Unterwelt

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Etymology

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15th century, from unter- +‎ Welt. The sense “world of crime” (early 20th c.) is a semantic loan from English underworld.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʊntərˌvɛlt/, [ˈʔʊn.tɐˌvɛlt], [-ˌʋɛlt]
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Noun

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Unterwelt f (genitive Unterwelt, plural Unterwelten)

  1. netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell)
    Synonyms: Reich des Todes, Schattenreich, Hades, Scheol
  2. underworld (world of crime)
    Synonyms: Milieu, Verbrechermilieu, Verbrecherwelt
  3. (obsolete) this world, the earthly life (as opposed to heaven)
    Synonyms: Diesseits, Welt, irdisches Leben

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Unterwelt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Unterwelt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Unterwelt” in Duden online