nachbauen
German, verb
nachbauen is a German verb meaning “to rebuild, to re-create, to build a replica” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nachbauen is a different word: “gerund of nachbauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “entsprechend einem Vorbild oder dem Original nochmals so bauen”.
What does nachbauen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rebuild, to re-create, to build a replica
Sie bauten den Kölner Dom mit Legosteinen nach.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of nachbauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. entsprechend einem Vorbild oder dem Original nochmals so bauen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of nachbauen
- baut nach present singular third-person
- baute nach past
- nachgebaut participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nachbauend participle present
- nachzubauen infinitive infinitive-zu
- baue nach first-person indicative present
- bauen nach first-person indicative plural
- baust nach indicative present second-person
- bauest nach second-person singular subjunctive
- bauet nach plural second-person subjunctive
- bauten nach first-person indicative plural
- bautest nach indicative preterite second-person
- bautet nach indicative plural preterite
- bau nach! imperative singular
- baue nach! imperative singular
- baut nach! imperative plural
- nachgebaut haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nachbauen in German?
nachbauen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).