Unterwelt — meaning in English
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English meaning
- afterlife noun A form of existence believed to continue after physical death.
- underworld noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.
Senses
Unterwelt is used for these senses in English:
- afterlife A conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.
- underworld (religion, or, mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
- underworld That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice, and particularly those involved in organized crime.
afterlife — full definition
- noun A form of existence believed to continue after physical death.
- noun The continued influence, use, or reception of something after its original context has ended.
underworld — full definition
- noun The organized criminal side of society, especially those involved in serious or large-scale crime.
- noun In mythology, the world of the dead, imagined as existing beneath the world of the living.