Polyglot Dictionary

Bauwerk

/ˈbaʊˌvɛʁk/

das 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

Forms

plural
die Bauwerke

Meaning

  1. structure, building

    • Das Bauwerk ist 500 Jahre alt.

      The structure is 500 years old.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

struktur

Bauwerk is more specifically a physical building, architectural; Struktur is more general or abstract, and can be an organizational structure.

Similar in other languages

English

construction

construction is the English word for the same thing — both mean "structure, building, construction."

Practice

1 What does Bauwerk mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ ist 500 Jahre alt.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bauwerk?

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