Polyglot Dictionary

Gebäude

/ɡəˈbɔɪ̯də/

das noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Gebäude

Meaning

  1. building

    • Das Gebäude wurde vor hundert Jahren gebaut.

      The building was built a hundred years ago.

N Category Place Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

haus

Haus more specifically means "house," residential; Gebäude is more general, any type of building.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

edifício

edifício is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "building."

Portuguese

prédio

prédio is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "building."

Practice

1 What does Gebäude mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ___ wurde vor hundert Jahren gebaut.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gebäude?

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