a German submarine in service during WWI or WWII
Origin of U-boat
from German U-boot, abbreviation, abbreviated of Unterseeboot, undersea boatU-boat
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U-boat
noun
A submarine of the German navy.
Origin of U-boat
Translation of German U-Boot short for Unterseeboot unter under ( from Middle High German under ) ( from Old High German untar ; see &nlowring;dher- in Indo-European roots.) See sea ( from Middle High German sē ) ( from Old High German) Boot boatTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Sentence Examples
- Martin was a U-boat captain in World War I who later became a religious pastor, and spoke out against the Nazi party as they gained power in Germany.
- 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.