U-boat
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of U-boat
1910–15; < German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot literally, undersea boat
Example Sentences
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The listener leaves with a lively mental picture of the author in his tie-dyed hippie glory, a “disheveled U-boat captain from another galaxy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
The first dog sled patrols began in eastern Greenland during World War II, when they discovered and helped destroy German weather stations, denying the Germans crucial information for their U-boat campaign in the Atlantic.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
But as happened elsewhere in the country, much of L.A.’s public German community went to ground after May 1915, when a German U-boat sank the British ocean liner Lusitania.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 8, 2025
That included staffing her post as the news came in that a convoy escorted by her future husband’s ship, the destroyer HMS Oribi, had been attacked by a U-boat wolf pack.
From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2024
It was after midnight when the gray U-boat surfaced off the coast of Amagansett, Long Island.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
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