English-German translations for underwater

• unter Wasser
  Die Pipeline wird durch Natura-2000-Gebiete verlaufen, durch unter Wasser gelegene Lagerstätten von Munition und Giftgasen aus der Zeit des Zweiten Weltkriegs. The route of the pipeline is to go through Natura 2000 areas as well as underwater ammunition dumps and sunken poisonous gas from the time of the Second World War.
  In diesem Nicht-Abkommen geht es gewiß nicht um humane Fangnormen, da es - um nur ein Beispiel zu nennen - immer noch Fallen unter Wasser zuläßt, was durch langsames Ertrinken zum sicheren Tod führt. The non-agreement is certainly not about humane trapping standards since, just for instance, it still permits the use of trapping underwater, leading inevitably to death by slow drowning.
• Unterwasser-

Definition of underwater

• beneath the surface of the water, or of or pertaining to the region beneath the water surface
• Under water
• going beneath the surface of the water
• underlying water or body of water, for example in an aquifer or the deep ocean
• to water or irrigate insufficiently

Synonyms

• subaqueous
• subaquatic
• submarine
• upside down

Examples

• Weve been underwater on our mortgage ever since the housing crash.
• Care must be taken not to underwater houseplants in the summer.

Related words

• underwater rugby
• underwater hockey
• underwater archaeology
• underwater pipeline
• underwater turbine
• underwater photography
• underwater pipework
• underwater swimming
• autonomous underwater vehicle