Tube

See also: tube and tubé

English

Proper noun

the Tube

  1. (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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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tube.

Pronunciation
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Noun

Tube f (genitive Tube, plural Tuben)

  1. tube (container)
  2. Fallopian tube

Declension
Declension of Tube [feminine]
singular plural
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
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