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Ein Reh verschwindet blitzschnell im dichten Unterholz, bevor die Kinder es fotografieren können. A deer vanishes in a flash into the dense undergrowth before the children can photograph it.

noun · C1

das Unterholz

[ˈʊntɐˌhɔlt͡s]

undergrowth, underbrush

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Other Examples

  • Ich bleibe auf dem Weg, denn im Unterholz brüten gerade viele Vögel.

    I stay on the path, because many birds are nesting in the undergrowth right now.

  • Wenn du leise bist, hörst du vielleicht ein Wildschwein im Unterholz wühlen.

    If you're quiet, you might hear a wild boar rooting around in the undergrowth.

  • Kalle schlägt sich durchs Unterholz, um der Gruppe einen versteckten Dachsbau zu zeigen.

    Kalle pushes his way through the undergrowth to show the group a hidden badger sett.

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case Singular Example
Nominative wer? was? das Unterholz
Accusative wen? was? das Unterholz
Kalle schlägt sich durchs Unterholz, um der Gruppe einen versteckten Dachsbau zu zeigen. Kalle pushes his way through the undergrowth to show the group a hidden badger sett.
Dative wem? dem Unterholz
Ich bleibe auf dem Weg, denn im Unterholz brüten gerade viele Vögel. I stay on the path, because many birds are nesting in the undergrowth right now.
Genitive wessen? des Unterholzes

How the Word Is Built

Unter prefix holz root

unter-
under: unterschreiben (to sign, literally "to write under" a text).

Word family

das Holzdas Totholzhölzern

In Otti's situations: Kalle guides a forest walk

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