bauen

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to build, to construct, to create
  2. (weak) to rely
  3. (slang, weak) to roll a joint
  4. (informal, weak) to cause (something bad)

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Fribourg

Fribourg

buue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈbaʊ̯ən]
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-.

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