bauen

See also: Bauen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *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. (transitive) to build, to construct, to create
    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.
  4. (informal, in certain idioms) to cause (something bad)
    Mist/Scheiße bauen ― to botch, to blunder
    Unfall bauen ― to cause an accident

Conjugation

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 Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. to build

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive bauen
participle gebaut
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular bauen —
2nd singular baus bau
3rd singular baut —
1st plural bauen —
2nd plural baut baut
3rd plural bauen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

  • konstruéieren

Derived terms

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