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Unterwelt.

netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell)

9 characters3 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʊntərˌvɛlt/[ˈʔʊn.tɐˌvɛlt][-ˌʋɛlt]
  1. netherworld, underworld, Hades, Sheol (kind of afterlife that is neither heaven nor hell)

    feminine
  2. underworld (world of crime)

    feminine
  3. this world, the earthly life (as opposed to heaven)

    feminine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

15th century, from unter- + Welt. The sense “world of crime” (early 20th c.) is a semantic loan from English underworld.

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