See Bau on Wiktionary
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"2": "goh",
"3": "bū"
},
"expansion": "Old High German bū",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*būą",
"4": "",
"5": "building, dwelling"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *būą (“building, dwelling”)",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "nds",
"3": "Bude",
"4": "",
"5": "building"
},
"expansion": "Low German Bude (“building”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "gml",
"3": "bûwete"
},
"expansion": "Middle Low German bûwete",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle High German bū, bou, from Old High German bū, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *būą (“building, dwelling”).\nThe plural form Bauten is that of the related Low German Bude (“building”), from Middle Low German bûwete. The singular Baute did not catch on in standard German.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Baues",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Baus",
"tags": [
"genitive"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauten",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Baue",
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"plural"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "de-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "Bau",
"source": "declension",
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"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Baue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Baues",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Baus",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Baue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Bau",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Baue",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauten",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauen",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Bau",
"source": "declension",
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"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauten",
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"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
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"plural"
]
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"expansion": "Bau m (strong, genitive Baues or Baus, plural Bauten or Baue)",
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}
],
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"word": "Abbau"
},
{
"word": "Ackerbau"
},
{
"word": "Anbau"
},
{
"word": "Anlagenbau"
},
{
"word": "Aufbau"
},
{
"word": "Ausbau"
},
{
"word": "Brückenbau"
},
{
"word": "Dachsbau"
},
{
"word": "Einbau"
},
{
"word": "Fahrzeugbau"
},
{
"word": "Flugzeugbau"
},
{
"word": "Fuchsbau"
},
{
"word": "Gartenbau"
},
{
"word": "Hausbau"
},
{
"word": "Hochbau"
},
{
"word": "Kaninchenbau"
},
{
"word": "Körperbau"
},
{
"word": "Landbau"
},
{
"word": "Leichtbau"
},
{
"word": "Maschinenbau"
},
{
"word": "Mauerbau"
},
{
"word": "Monumentalbau"
},
{
"word": "Neidbau"
},
{
"word": "Neubau"
},
{
"word": "Plattenbau"
},
{
"word": "Raubbau"
},
{
"word": "Reaktorbau"
},
{
"word": "Rückbau"
},
{
"word": "Satzbau"
},
{
"word": "Schiffbau"
},
{
"word": "Schiffsbau"
},
{
"word": "Schwarzbau"
},
{
"word": "Strassenbau"
},
{
"word": "Straßenbau"
},
{
"word": "Tiefbau"
},
{
"word": "Überbau"
},
{
"word": "Umbau"
},
{
"word": "Unterbau"
},
{
"word": "Untertagebau"
},
{
"word": "Wegebau"
},
{
"word": "Weinbau"
},
{
"word": "Wohnungsbau"
},
{
"word": "Zaunbau"
}
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],
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"lang_code": "de",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bauen"
},
{
"word": "Bauer"
}
],
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{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "Abriss"
},
{
"word": "Vernichtung"
},
{
"word": "Zerstörung"
}
],
"glosses": [
"building, construction (the act of constructing)"
],
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"construction",
"construction"
]
],
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{
"word": "Bauen"
},
{
"word": "Errichtung"
},
{
"word": "Konstruktion"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"building site, construction site (place where such constructing takes place)"
],
"links": [
[
"building site",
"building site"
],
[
"construction site",
"construction site"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Baustelle"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"building, construction, edifice (built-up structure, house)"
],
"links": [
[
"building",
"building"
],
[
"construction",
"construction"
],
[
"edifice",
"edifice"
]
],
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{
"word": "Gebäude"
},
{
"word": "Bauwerk"
},
{
"word": "Konstruktion"
}
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"burrow (of an animal, especially underground)"
],
"links": [
[
"burrow",
"burrow"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine",
"strong"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"German colloquialisms"
],
"glosses": [
"prison, jail"
],
"links": [
[
"prison",
"prison"
],
[
"jail",
"jail"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(colloquial) prison, jail"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Gefängnis"
},
{
"word": "Kittchen"
},
{
"word": "Knast"
}
],
"tags": [
"colloquial",
"masculine",
"strong"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/baʊ̯/"
},
{
"audio": "De-Bau.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/36/De-Bau.ogg/De-Bau.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/De-Bau.ogg",
"tags": [
"Germany",
"Berlin"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-aʊ̯"
}
],
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}
{
"categories": [
"Luxembourgish entries with incorrect language header",
"Luxembourgish lemmas",
"Luxembourgish masculine nouns",
"Luxembourgish nouns",
"Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German",
"Luxembourgish terms inherited from Old High German",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
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"args": {
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "Bau"
},
"expansion": "German Bau",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nl",
"2": "bouw"
},
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"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "bo"
},
"expansion": "Swedish bo",
"name": "cog"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "Bai",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
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"2": "Bai"
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"pos": "noun",
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"word": "bauen"
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],
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{
"glosses": [
"building"
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"glosses": [
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[
"building site",
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]
}
],
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{
"ipa": "[bæːʊ̯]"
}
],
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}
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