Neuter

Gebäude

Meaning

building, edifice, structure

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gibei

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schopf

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈbɔʏ̯də/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gebūwede, from the Old High German gibūidi (literally “that which has been built”), originally a collective noun to bauen. See there for more. By surface analysis, ge- + Bau + -de, related to bauen. Doublet of Gebäu. Cognate with Yiddish געבײַדע (gebayde)

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