U-boat meaning

yo͝o'bōt'
A submarine of the German navy.
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A German submarine in service during WWI or WWII.
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Origin of u-boat

  • Translation of German U-Boot short for Unterseeboot unter under (from Middle High German under) (from Old High German untar n̥dher- in Indo-European roots) See sea (from Middle High German sē) (from Old High German) Boot boat
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

U-boat Sentence Examples

  • He was famous in Germany as he had been a World War One U-boat captain.

  • Merchant seamen faced the daily risk of U-boat attack.

  • 1917 under reactionary auspices to combat all attempts at peace by compromise, and to advocate the prosecution of the U-boat warfare with extreme ruthlessness.

  • 31 1917 on the subject of U-boat warfare.

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