U-Boot

See also: u-boot

German

Etymology

Clipping of Unterseeboot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːboːt/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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
• → Polish: U-Boot

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

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

U-Boot

Wikipedia ^pl

Alternative forms

• u-boot

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German U-Boot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.bɔt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ubɔt
• Syllabification: U-‧Boot

Noun

U-Boot m animal

1. (colloquial, historical) U-boat (any German submarine of the First or Second World War, or any Austro-Hungarian submarine of the First World War)

Declension

Declension of U-Boot

	singular	plural
nominative	U-Boot	U-Booty
genitive	U-Boota	U-Bootów
dative	U-Bootowi	U-Bootom
accusative	U-Boota	U-Booty
instrumental	U-Bootem	U-Bootami
locative	U-Boocie	U-Bootach
vocative	U-Boocie	U-Booty

Further reading

• U-Boot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• U-Boot in PWN's encyclopedia