Unterwelt

== German == === Etymology === 15th century, from unter- +‎ Welt. The sense “world of crime” (early 20th c.) is a semantic loan from English underworld. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊntərˌvɛlt/, [ˈʔʊn.tɐˌvɛlt], [-ˌʋɛlt] === Noun === Unterwelt f (genitive Unterwelt, plural Unterwelten) netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell) Synonyms: Reich des Todes, Schattenreich, Hades, Scheol underworld (world of crime) Synonyms: Milieu, Verbrechermilieu, Verbrecherwelt (obsolete) this world, the earthly life (as opposed to heaven) Synonyms: Diesseits, Welt, irdisches Leben ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Unterwelt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Unterwelt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Unterwelt” in Duden online