underfoot

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Situated under one's foot or feet.
2. (not-comparable) In the way; placed so as to obstruct or hinder.
3. (not-comparable) Downtrodden; abject.

Adv

1. (not-comparable) Under one's foot or feet.
2. (not-comparable) In the way; situated so as to obstruct or hinder.

Noun

A storage compartment that sits below the deck of a boat.

Verb

1. (transitive) To provide a footing beneath; to shore up or underpin.
2. To assign a column summary that is less than the sum of all the entries in that column.

Konzepte

unten

unter den Füßen

am Boden

unter die Füße

Synonyme

encumber

implicated

on the ground

tread

at one’s feet

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ʌndɚˈfʊt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: underfoote

Verwandt mit Mittelniederländisch: ondervoet

Verwandt mit Middle Low German: undervôt

In summary

From Middle English underfoote, underfote, equivalent to under- + foot. Cognate with Middle Dutch ondervoet (“underfoot”). Compare also Middle Low German undervôt (“pedestal, base”).