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bauen

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German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbaʊ̯ən]
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Verb

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bauen (weak, third-person singular present baut, past tense baute, past participle gebaut, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to build, to construct, to create
    Antonym: vernichten
  2. to rely [with auf ( accusative) ‘on someone/something’]
  3. (slang) to roll a joint
    Baust du einen? Ich kann grad nicht mehr.
    Can you roll one? I just can't anymore.
    • 2018, AnnenMayKantereit (lyrics and music), “Schon krass”, in Schlagschatten[1]:
      Meine Freunde haben all gezogen. / Ich hab gebaut und geraucht und gelogen. / Ich hab gebaut und geraucht.
      My friends have all moved. / I've rolled and smoked and lied. / I've rolled and smoked.
  4. (informal, in certain idioms) to cause (something bad)
    Mist/Scheiße bauento botch, to blunder
    Unfall bauento cause an accident

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Saterland Frisian: baue

Further reading

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  • bauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • bauen” in Duden online
  • bauen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bauen (third-person singular present baut, past participle gebaut, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to build

Conjugation

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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.

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