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German
Etymology
unter + Ton
Pronunciation
Noun
Unterton m (strong, genitive Untertones or Untertons, plural Untertöne)
- (countable, figurative) undertone, undercurrent (subtle and implicit message contained in an explicit message)
2021 June 13, Falk Schreiber, “Hamburger Kunstspaziergang „The Gate“: Stadt mit offenen Armen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:[…] Insgesamt dreimal hätten Anwohner:innen die Polizei gerufen, weil hier geschichtliche Zeugnisse geschändet würden, erzählt Blumenstein, und ihr Lachen an dieser Stelle hat einen bitteren Unterton.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (countable, music) subharmonic
Declension