noun#8,595 by frequency
die Unterwelt
/ˈʊntərˌvɛlt/
underworld
- genitive
- der Unterwelt
- plural
- die Unterwelten
- built from
- Unter + Welt
Meanings
- 1
underworld — world of crime
- 2
netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol — kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hellrare
- 3
this world, the earthly life — as opposed to heavenrare
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | dieUnterwelt | dieUnterwelten |
| accusative | dieUnterwelt | dieUnterwelten |
| dative | derUnterwelt | denUnterwelten |
| genitive | derUnterwelt | derUnterwelten |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.