Polyglot Dictionary

Untergrund

/ˈʊntɐˌɡʁʊnt/

der noun C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. underground; subsoil

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

English

resistance

Close, figuratively — "the underground" relates to a resistance movement.

English

subway

Close — the underground relates to a subway.

French

métro

Close, figuratively — "underground" relates to a subway.

Practice

1 What does Untergrund mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Boden hat einen weichen ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Untergrund?

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