Polyglot Dictionary

Bau

/baʊ̯/

der noun B1

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

Forms

plural
die Bauten

Meaning

  1. construction, building (the act or the structure)

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

aufbau

Aufbau is more about structure or composition, how something is built up, including organizational structure; Bau is more literal, the physical building or construction process.

Similar in other languages

English

building

Close — construction, building relates to a building.

English

structure

Close — a building relates to a structure.

Practice

1 What does Bau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ der neuen Brücke dauert zwei Jahre.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bau?

See also

noun

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