Underground

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English

An older-style Underground roundel at Arnos Grove station.

Proper noun

the Underground

  1. (UK, rail transport) The London Underground.
    Synonym: Tube
    • 1940 October, “Notes and News: The High Barnet Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 569:
      Although some of the stations on ' The Branch ' have not, as yet, suffered any considerable structural alterations, all are now equipped with the familiar Underground type name boards, and as a result the imposing titles of G.N. days have been ruthlessly curtailed.
    • 2019 October, John Glover, “Heathrow rail expansion”, in Modern Railways, page 71:
      Heathrow has a 28% share of passengers arriving by rail, two-thirds of whom come by the Underground.

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German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English underground

Noun

Underground m (strong, genitive Undergrounds, no plural)

  1. (art) underground
    Synonym: Untergrund

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