Polyglot Dictionary

Ausbau

/ˈaʊ̯sˌbaʊ̯/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. expansion

    Built from aus- (out) + Bau (building).

    • Der Ausbau der Straße beginnt.

      The widening of the road begins.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • aus- out
  • Bau building

Similar words

Expansion

Near-total synonyms for "expansion"; Ausbau is the native German word, used broadly for infrastructure, business, or a house extension; Expansion is the borrowed, more international business term, like a company's market expansion.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

expansión

expansión is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "expansion."

Portuguese

expansão

expansão is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "expansion."

Practice

1 What does Ausbau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ der Straße beginnt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Ausbau?

nouncompound

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