Tube
See also: tube and tubé
English
Proper noun
the Tube
- (informal) The London Underground
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page unnumbered: A note on the title:
- But 'Tube' is used as shorthand for the whole network, not least by London Underground itself, [...] It tends to be older people who hold on to the distinction. A friend of mine was visiting his mother who lives about 500 yards from Parsons Green station on the District, which is a cut-and-cover line [not a tube line]. At the end of the evening she said, "How are you getting back?" He said, "Oh, on the Tube", and she looked at him absolutely blankly. "What Tube?" she said, "There is no Tube here."
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Derived terms
- tube train
Translations
informal: the London underground
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Anagrams
- Bute, bute
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English tube.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
Tube f (genitive Tube, plural Tuben)
- tube (container)
- Fallopian tube
Declension
Declension of Tube [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Tube | die | Tuben |
genitive | einer | der | Tube | der | Tuben |
dative | einer | der | Tube | den | Tuben |
accusative | eine | die | Tube | die | Tuben |
Derived terms
- Zahnpastatube f
Further reading
- “Tube” in Duden online
- “Tube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache