underworld

See also: Underworld

English

Etymology

under- +‎ world

Noun

underworld (plural underworlds)

(mythology) The world of the dead, located underneath the world of the living; the afterlife.
That part of society that is engaged in crime or vice.

Synonyms

(world of the dead): netherworld

Translations

part of society engaged in crime or vice

Catalan: submón (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 黑社會 (zh), 黑社会 (zh) (hēishèhuì)
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, boevenwereld f, misdaadwereld f
Esperanto: gangstera mondo
Estonian: allilm
Faroese: brotsmannaheimur m, brotsmannaverð f, undirheimur m
Finnish: alamaailma (fi)
French: pègre (fr) f
Georgian: დამნაშავეთა სამყარო (damnašaveta samq̇aro), კრიმინალური სამყარო (ḳriminaluri samq̇aro)
German: Unterwelt (de) f, Halbwelt (de) f, Verbrecherwelt f
Greek: υπόκοσμος (el) m (ypókosmos)
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)
Icelandic: undirheimar m pl

Italian: malavita (it) f
Japanese: 暗黒街 (あんこくがい, ankokugai), 下層 (ja) (かそう, kasō)
Khmer: ក្រុមមនុស្សប្រព្រឹត្តិបទឧក្រិដ្ឋ (krom mɔnuh prɑprɨt bɑt okkrǝt)
Nahuatl: mictlan (nah)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Polish: świat przestępczy m, półświatek (pl) m
Portuguese: submundo m
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: престу́пный мир m (prestúpnyj mir), дно (ru) n (dno)
Serbo-Croatian: podzemlje (sh) n
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, submundo m, hampa (es) f
Swedish: undre värld
Yiddish: אונטערוועלט‎ f (untervelt), בלאַטע‎ (blate)

world of the dead

Chinese:
Mandarin: 地獄 (zh), 地狱 (zh) (dìyù), 地府 (zh) (dìfǔ), 陰間 (zh), 阴间 (zh) (yīnjiān), 閻王 (zh), 阎王 (zh) (yánwáng)
Classical Nahuatl: mictlān
Czech: podsvětí (cs) n
Danish: underverden c
Dutch: onderwereld (nl) f, schimmenrijk (nl) n, dodenrijk (nl) n
Erzya: масторалкс (mastoralks)
Esperanto: submondo
Estonian: allmaailm, manala, toonela
Faroese: undirheimur m, helheimur m, skuggaheimur m
Finnish: manala (fi), tuonela (fi)
French: au-delà (fr) m, autre monde (fr) m
Georgian: მიწისქვეშეთი (mic̣iskvešeti), ქვესკნელი (kvesḳneli), ჯოჯოხეთი (ǯoǯoxeti)
German: Unterwelt (de) f
Greek: άδης m (ádis), τάρταρα (el) n pl (tártara)
Hebrew: שְׁאוֹל‎ (he) m or f (sh'ol)
Hungarian: alvilág (hu)

Icelandic: undirheimar m pl
Irish: an domhan thíos m
Italian: inferi m pl, oltretomba (it), altro mondo (figuratively)
Japanese: 黄泉 (ja) (よも, yomo, よみ, yomi, こうせん, kōsen), 地獄 (ja) (じごく, jigoku), 冥界 (ja) (meikai)
Khmer: នរក (km) (nɔrʊək)
Latin: orcus (la)
Maori: kengo, rarohenga, pō
Norwegian:
Bokmål: underverden m
Polish: zaświaty (pl) pl
Portuguese: submundo m, abismo (pt) m
Russian: преиспо́дняя (ru) f (preispódnjaja), загро́бный мир m (zagróbnyj mir), потусторо́нний мир m (potustorónnij mir), тот свет (ru) m (tot svet) ("that world")
Slovak: podsvetie n
Spanish: inframundo m, más allá (es) m
Swedish: dödsrike (sv) n
Welsh: annwfn m, annwn m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

Estonian: allilm (1)

Spanish: infierno m (2)