DEFINITIONS

U-boat

[ yoo-boht ]
/ ˈyuˌboʊt /
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noun

a German submarine.

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Origin of U-boat

1910–15; < German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot literally, undersea boat
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British Dictionary definitions for u-boats

U-boat

noun

a German submarine, esp in World Wars I and II

Word Origin for U-boat

from German U-Boot, abbreviation for Unterseeboot, literally: undersea boat
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Culture definitions for u-boats

U-boats

German submarines during World War I and World War II. U-boat is a translation of the German U-boot, which is short for Unterseeboot, or “undersea boat.”

notes for U-boats

Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat. Eventually, U-boat attacks on neutral ships drew the United States into the war.
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