bauen
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See also: Bauen
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
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 [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’]
- (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
Further reading
Etymology
From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan.
Pronunciation
Verb
bauen (third-person singular present baut, past participle gebaut, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to build
Conjugation
Synonyms
- konstruéieren
Derived terms
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