bauen

See also: Bauen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt, the athematic root aorist of the root *bʰuH-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbaʊ̯ən]
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Verb

bauen (weak, third-person singular present baut, past tense baute, past participle gebaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. to build; to construct
    Antonym: vernichten
  2. to rely (on) [+ auf (object)]
  3. (slang) to roll a joint
    Baust du einen? Ich kann grad nicht mehr.
    Can you roll one? I just can't anymore.

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Saterland Frisian: baue

Further reading
  • “bauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “bauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “bauen” in Duden online
  • “bauen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɑʊ̯ən]
    • Rhymes: -ɑʊən

Verb

bauen (third-person singular present baut, past participle gebaut, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to build

Conjugation

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms
  • konstruéieren

Derived terms
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