Tube

== English == === Proper noun === the Tube (informal) The London Underground. ==== Derived terms ==== tube train ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === bute, Bute, Tebu == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtuːbə/ === Etymology 1 === Later 19th century, borrowed from English tube. Doublet of Tubus. The pronunciation follows the underlying Latin tubus, tuba; compare etymology 2 below. ==== Noun ==== Tube f (genitive Tube, plural Tuben, diminutive Tübchen n) tube (container for semiliquids, usually with a screw top) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== Farbtube Senftube Zahnpastatube === Etymology 2 === See the main entry. ==== Noun ==== Tube f (genitive Tube, plural Tuben) (medicine) alternative form of Tuba (“a tubular organ, such as the Fallopian tube”) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Tube” in Duden online “Tube”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)