Bau
German, noun
Bau is spelled B-A-U (3 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written German, the 1,205th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bau is a German masculine noun meaning “building, construction (the act of constructing)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bau is a different word: “singular imperative of bauen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Errichtung eines Hauses oder Bauwerkes”.
What does Bau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuilding, construction (the act of constructing)
- 2
masculinebuilding site, construction site (place where such constructing takes place)
- 3
masculinebuilding, construction, edifice (built-up structure, house)
- 4
masculineburrow (of an animal, especially underground)
- 5
colloquialmasculineprison, jail
verb
- 1
singular imperative of bauen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Errichtung eines Hauses oder Bauwerkes 2. Tätigkeit des Bauens, Errichtung; Herstellung 3. Ort, an dem gerade ein Bauwerk errichtet wird; Baustelle 4. Haus; Gebäude; Bauwerk
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 Bau
- Baues genitive
- Baus genitive
- Bauten plural
- Baue plural
- Bauen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bau in German?
Bau appears 71 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).