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U-BOAT

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U-boat

  [yoo-boht]
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–noun
a German submarine.
Origin:
1910–15; < G U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot lit., undersea boat
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U-boat   (yōō'bōt')
n.  A submarine of the German navy.

[Translation of German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot : unter, under (from Middle High German under, from Old High German untar; see dher- in Indo-European roots) + See, sea (from Middle High German sē, from Old High German) + Boot, boat.]
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U-boat 
1916 (said to have been in use from 1913), partial translation of Ger. U-boot, short for Unterseeboot, lit. "undersea boat."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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