bauen
See also: Bauen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt, the athematic root aorist of the root *bʰuH-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbaʊ̯ən]
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Verb
bauen (weak, third-person singular present baut, past tense baute, past participle gebaut, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to build, to construct, to create
- Antonym: vernichten
- to rely (on) [+ auf (object)]
- (slang) to roll a joint
- Baust du einen? Ich kann grad nicht mehr.
- Can you roll one? I just can't anymore.
- (informal, in certain idioms) to cause (something bad)
- Mist/Scheiße bauen ― to botch, to blunder
- Unfall bauen ― to cause an accident
Conjugation
infinitive | bauen | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
present participle | bauend | ||||
past participle | gebaut | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich baue | wir bauen | i | ich baue | wir bauen |
du baust | ihr baut | du bauest | ihr bauet | ||
er baut | sie bauen | er baue | sie bauen | ||
preterite | ich baute | wir bauten | ii | ich baute1 | wir bauten1 |
du bautest | ihr bautet | du bautest1 | ihr bautet1 | ||
er baute | sie bauten | er baute1 | sie bauten1 | ||
imperative | bau (du) baue (du) |
baut (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- abbauen
- anbauen
- aneinanderbauen
- aufbauen
- ausbauen
- auseinanderbauen
- Bau
- Bauen
- Bauer
- baufällig
- Bausoldat
- Baustelle
- bebauen
- einbauen
- erbauen
- herbauen
- herumbauen
- hinausbauen
- hinbauen
- hineinbauen
- losbauen
- Mist bauen
- mitbauen
- nachbauen
- rundherumbauen
- Scheiße bauen
- überbauen
- umbauen
- unterbauen
- verbauen
- vorbauen
- weiterbauen
- zubauen
- zurückbauen
- zusammenbauen
Related terms
Descendants
- → Saterland Frisian: baue
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɑʊ̯ən]
- Rhymes: -ɑʊən
Verb
bauen (third-person singular present baut, past participle gebaut, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to build
Conjugation
Regular | ||
---|---|---|
infinitive | bauen | |
participle | gebaut | |
auxiliary | hunn | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
1st singular | bauen | — |
2nd singular | baus | bau |
3rd singular | baut | — |
1st plural | bauen | — |
2nd plural | baut | baut |
3rd plural | bauen | — |
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel. |
Synonyms
- konstruéieren
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