underverden — meaning in English

English meaning

• netherworld noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
• underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.

Senses

underverden is used for these senses in English:

• netherworld The locale of the spirit world or afterlife, whether deemed to be situated below the world of the living or not.

netherworld — full definition

1. noun The afterlife or underworld, especially imagined as a place of punishment.
2. noun A hidden or shadowy underground subculture, such as organized crime.

underworld — full definition

1. noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.
2. noun In mythology, the world of the dead, imagined as existing beneath the world of the living.