Neuter
Gebäude
Meaning
building, edifice, structure
Concepts
residential building
counter for buildings
one day’s march
multistorey building
building structures
Synonyms
ou
riesengroßes Haus
Riesenhaus
riesiges Haus
Wohngebäude
Wagendach
Geschäftsgebäude
Baukörper
Lehrgebäude
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
gibei
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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