bausparen
German, verb/ˈbaʊ̯ˌʃpaːʁən/
bausparen is spelled B-A-U-S-P-A-R-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bausparen is a German verb meaning “to save up money at a savings bank in the context of a Bausparvertrag, originally meant for construction-projects” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “als Kunde mit einem Bausparvertrag bei einer Bausparkasse eine Geldsumme ansparen”.
What does bausparen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to save up money at a savings bank in the context of a Bausparvertrag, originally meant for construction-projects.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. als Kunde mit einem Bausparvertrag bei einer Bausparkasse eine Geldsumme ansparen
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 bausparen
- bauspart present singular third-person
- bausparte past
- gebauspart participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bausparend participle present
- bauspare first-person indicative present
- bausparst indicative present second-person
- bausparest second-person singular subjunctive
- bausparet plural second-person subjunctive
- bausparten first-person indicative plural
- bauspartest indicative preterite second-person
- bauspartet indicative plural preterite
- bauspar imperative second-person singular
- habe gebauspart first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebauspart first-person indicative multiword-construction
- – present
- bauspar! imperative singular
- bauspare! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bausparen?
- /ˈbaʊ̯ˌʃpaːʁən/
- [ˈbaʊ̯ˌʃpaːʁən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bausparen in German?
bausparen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).