Unterbau

/ˈʊntɐˌbaʊ̯/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Unterbauten

Meaning

  1. substructure

    • Der Unterbau der Straße ist instabil.

      The substructure of the road is unstable.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Infrastruktur

Close — infrastructure and substructure are near-synonyms, figurative vs literal.

Similar in other languages

English

infrastructure

Close — a substructure relates to infrastructure.

Practice

1 What does Unterbau mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ der Straße ist instabil.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Unterbau?

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