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”).
Adverb
unter Tage
- (chiefly mining, sometimes construction) underground, belowground, in a shaft or tunnel
- Antonym: über Tage
Alternative forms
- untertage
Derived terms
- Untertagebau
Adverb
unter Tage
- (Austria, Switzerland, sometimes Southern German) during the daytime
- Synonyms: tagsüber, über Tag, am Tag
- Antonyms: nachts, in der Nacht
Alternative forms
- unter Tag, untertags