underworld

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• UK: /ˈʌndəˌwɜːld/
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• US: /ˈʌndɚˌwɚld/
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• CMU ARPABET: AH1 N D ER0 W ER2 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Indo-European *h1entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dhér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *weyh1-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h2el- Proto-Indo-European *h2életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world English underworld From under- + world.

142 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: onderwêreld — world of the dead
• Afrikaans: doderyk — world of the dead
• Arabic: سِجِّين (sijjīn) — world of the dead
• Arabic: عَالَم سُفْلِيّ (ʕālam sufliyy) — world of the dead
• Belarusian: падзе́мны свет (padzjémny svjet) — world of the dead
• Bulgarian: подзе́мно ца́рство (podzémno cárstvo) — world of the dead
• Bulgarian: подзе́мен свят (podzémen svjat) — world of the dead
• Catalan: avern — world of the dead
• Catalan: més enllà — world of the dead
• Chinese Cantonese: 陰間 /阴间 (jam1 gaan1) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 地獄 /地狱 (dìyù) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 地府 (dìfǔ) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 陰間 /阴间 (yīnjiān) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃泉 /黄泉 (huángquán) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 冥界 (míngjiè) — world of the dead
• Chinese Mandarin: 冥府 (míngfǔ) — world of the dead
• Cornish: annown — world of the dead
• Czech: podsvětí — world of the dead
• Danish: underverden — world of the dead
• Dutch: onderwereld — world of the dead
• Dutch: schimmenrijk — world of the dead
• Dutch: dodenrijk — world of the dead
• Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks) — world of the dead
• Esperanto: submondo — world of the dead
• Estonian: allmaailm — world of the dead
• Estonian: manala — world of the dead
• Estonian: toonela — world of the dead
• Faroese: undirheimur — world of the dead
• Faroese: helheimur — world of the dead
• Faroese: skuggaheimur — world of the dead
• Finnish: manala — world of the dead
• Finnish: tuonela — world of the dead
• French: au-delà — world of the dead
• French: autre monde — world of the dead
• French: Enfers — world of the dead
• Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti) — world of the dead
• Georgian: ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli) — world of the dead
• Georgian: ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti) — world of the dead
• German: Unterwelt — world of the dead
• German: Reich des Todes — world of the dead
• German: Schattenreich — world of the dead
• Greek: άδης (ádis) — world of the dead
• Greek: τάρταρα (tártara) — world of the dead
• Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל (sh'ol) — world of the dead
• Hindi: पाताल (pātāl) — world of the dead
• Hungarian: alvilág — world of the dead
• Icelandic: undirheimar — world of the dead
• Irish: an domhan thíos — world of the dead
• Italian: inferi — world of the dead
• Italian: oltretomba — world of the dead
• Italian: altro mondo — world of the dead
• Japanese: 黄泉 — world of the dead
• Japanese: 地獄 (jigoku) — world of the dead
• Japanese: 冥界 (meikai) — world of the dead
• Khmer: នរក (nɔɔnɔrŭək) — world of the dead
• Korean: 명계 (myeonggye) — world of the dead
• Korean: 저승 (jeoseung) — world of the dead
• Korean: 저세상 (jeosesang) — world of the dead
• Latin: orcus — world of the dead
• Latin: infera — world of the dead
• Macedonian: по́дземје (pódzemje) — world of the dead
• Macedonian: по́дземен свет (pódzemen svet) — world of the dead
• Māori: kengo — world of the dead
• Māori: rarohenga — world of the dead
• Māori: pō — world of the dead
• Mongolian: үхэгсдийн ертөнц (üxegsdiin jörtönc) — world of the dead
• Mongolian: ᠦᢈᠦᢉᠰᠡᠳ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ — world of the dead
• Nahuatl: mictlan — world of the dead
• Classical Nahuatl: mictlān — world of the dead
• Norwegian Bokmål: underverden — world of the dead
• Old Norse: hel — world of the dead
• Polish: zaświaty — world of the dead
• Portuguese: submundo — world of the dead
• Portuguese: abismo — world of the dead
• Romanian: lumea cealaltă — world of the dead
• Russian: преиспо́дняя (preispódnjaja) — world of the dead
• Russian: загро́бный мир (zagróbnyj mir) — world of the dead
• Russian: потусторо́нний мир (potustorónnij mir) — world of the dead
• Russian: подзе́мный мир (podzémnyj mir) — world of the dead
• Russian: подзе́мное ца́рство (podzémnoje cárstvo) — world of the dead
• Slovak: podsvetie — world of the dead
• Spanish: inframundo — world of the dead
• Spanish: más allá — world of the dead
• Swedish: dödsrike — world of the dead
• Thai: ยมโลก (yom-má-lôok) — world of the dead
• Ukrainian: підзе́мний світ (pidzémnyj svit) — world of the dead
• Welsh: isfyd — world of the dead
• Welsh: annwfn — world of the dead
• Welsh: annwn — world of the dead
• Afrikaans: onderwêreld — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Belarusian: злачы́нны свет (zlačýnny svjet) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Bulgarian: престъ́пен свят (prestǎ́pen svjat) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Catalan: submón — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Chinese Cantonese: 黑社會 /黑社会 — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Chinese Mandarin: 黑社會 /黑社会 (hēishèhuì) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Czech: podsvětí — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Danish: underverden — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Dutch: onderwereld — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Dutch: boevenwereld — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Dutch: misdaadwereld — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Esperanto: gangstera mondo — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Estonian: allilm — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Faroese: brotsmannaheimur — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Faroese: brotsmannaverð — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Faroese: undirheimur — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Finnish: alamaailma — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• French: pègre — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Georgian: კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• German: Unterwelt — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• German: Halbwelt — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• German: Verbrecherwelt — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Greek: υπόκοσμος (ypókosmos) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Hungarian: alvilág — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Icelandic: undirheimar — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Italian: malavita — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Japanese: 暗黒街 (ankokugai) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Japanese: 下層 (kasō) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Korean: 암흑가 (amheukga) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Macedonian: по́дземје (pódzemje) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Mongolian: гэмт хэргийн ертөнц (gemt xergiin jörtönc) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Mongolian: ᢉᠡᠮᠲᠦ ᢈᠡᠷᠡᢉ ᠦ᠋ᠨ ᠶᠢᠷᠲᠢᠨᠴᠦ — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Nahuatl: mictlan — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Norwegian Bokmål: underverden — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Polish: świat przestępczy — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Polish: półświatek — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Portuguese: submundo — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Romanian: lume interlopă — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Russian: престу́пный мир (prestúpnyj mir) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Russian: дно (dno) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Serbo-Croatian: по́дзе̄мље — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Serbo-Croatian: pódzēmlje — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Slovak: podsvetie — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Spanish: inframundo — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Spanish: submundo — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Spanish: hampa — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Swedish: undre värld — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Ukrainian: злочи́нний світ (zločýnnyj svit) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Welsh: byd lladron — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Welsh: isfyd — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Yiddish: אונטערוועלט (untervelt) — part of society engaged in crime or vice
• Yiddish: בלאַטע (blate) — part of society engaged in crime or vice