aufbauen

Meaning

1. (transitive,weak) to build, to construct, to erect
2. (transitive,weak) to rebuild, to reconstruct
3. (transitive,weak) to set up, to put up, to pitch (a tent)
4. (transitive,weak) to build up
5. (transitive,weak) to establish, to develop
6. (transitive,weak) to build (muscles)
7. (weak) to be based

Concepts

build

construct

make

establish

set

erect

set up

build up

compose

work

form

put up

assemble

raise

create

lay

lay down

locate

pass oneself off

place

pose

position

posture

put

put down

implement

install

synthesize

arrange

devise

plan

plot

pile up

amass

based

ask

building

construction

base

found

pitch

roborate

do

confect

exteriorize

forge

model, to

pug

amount

constitute

get

enact

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈaʊ̯fbaʊ̯ən/

Etymology

auf- + bauen

Sentences

Der Bundesstützpunkt in Dortmund kann auf eine lange Tradition im Ruder- und Kanusport aufbauen .

The federal base in Dortmund can build on a long tradition in rowing and canoeing.