bauen

Meaning

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

Concepts

build

construct

make

set up

create

establish

erect

raise

do

cause

compose

originate

cultivate

generate

provoke

bring about

engender

induce

set

work

lay down

locate

pile up

place

pose

position

produce

put

put down

put up

rear

yield

pass oneself off

posture

roborate

assemble manufacture

build

hack

ask

assemble

breed

building

build up

call

come up with

enact

entail

eventuate

fabricate

forge

Opposite of

vernichten, zerstören

Synonyms

aufbauen

konstruieren

erbauen

errichten

machen

einrichten

herstellen

tun

erzeugen

bereiten

stellen

bilden

installieren

aufstellen

einführen

einsetzen

erstellen

schaffen

anlegen

zusammensetzen

posieren

setzen

stecken

gestalten

veranlassen

anbauen

verlassen

verursachen

zählen

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hervorbringen

hervorrufen

hochziehen

vertrauen

legen

einen Gürtel umlegen

lassen können

ablegen

darauf Gift nehmen

arbeiten

auslösen

basteln

bauend

befinden

bewirken

gründen

handeln

herbeiführen

hinsetzen

hinstellen

hoffen

Translations

construire

construir

costruire

bouwen

construir

edificar

yapmak

bâtir

construir

maken

construeren

aanleggen

fare

edificar

Dialects

Fribourg

buue

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈbaʊ̯ən]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: būwen

Inherited from Old High German: būan

In summary

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-.