bauen

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-.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbaʊ̯ən]

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bauen (weak, third-person singular present baut, past tense baute, past participle gebaut, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to build, to construct, to create

   Antonym: vernichten

2. to rely [with auf (+ accusative) ‘on someone/something’]
3. (slang) to roll a joint
   • 2018, AnnenMayKantereit (lyrics and music), “Schon krass”, in Schlagschatten‎^[1]:

     Meine Freunde haben all gezogen. / Ich hab gebaut und geraucht und gelogen. / Ich hab gebaut und geraucht.

     My friends have all moved. / I've rolled and smoked and lied. / I've rolled and smoked.

   Baust du einen? Ich kann grad nicht mehr.

   Can you roll one? I just can't anymore.

4. (informal, in certain idioms) to cause (something bad)

   Mist/Scheiße bauen ― to botch, to blunder

   Unfall bauen ― to cause an accident

• → Saterland Frisian: baue

• “bauen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bauen” in Duden online
• “bauen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Middle High German būwen, from Old High German būan.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɑʊ̯ən]
  • Rhymes: -ɑʊən

bauen (third-person singular present baut, past participle gebaut, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to build

Regular
infinitive	bauen
participle	gebaut
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	bauen	—
2nd singular	baus	bau
3rd singular	baut	—
1st plural	bauen	—
2nd plural	baut	baut
3rd plural	bauen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

• konstruéieren

• abbauen
• ausbauen
• bäibauen
• ëmbauen
• ofbauen
• opbauen
• ubauen
• verbauen
• zoubauen