unter Tage

German

Etymology

Literally: “under day”. In the mining sense, Tag refers to the (sun-lit) surface of the earth. In the temporal sense, unter is used in the sense of “during”, which is an Upper German idiom, except in the universally common phrase unter der Woche (“during the week”).

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Adverb

unter Tage

1. (chiefly mining, sometimes construction) underground, belowground, in a shaft or tunnel

   Antonym: über Tage

Alternative forms

• untertage

Derived terms

• Untertagebau

Adverb

unter Tage

1. (Austria, Switzerland, sometimes Southern Germany) during the daytime

   Synonyms: tagsüber, über Tag, am Tag

   Antonyms: nachts, in der Nacht

Alternative forms

• unter Tag, untertags