Schwarzbau
German, noun[ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbaʊ̯]
Schwarzbau is spelled S-C-H-W-A-R-Z-B-A-U (10 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 317,631st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwarzbau is a German masculine noun meaning “Illegally constructed building” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bauwerk, das im Widerspruch zu bestimmten, gesetzlichen Vorgaben errichtet wurde”.
What does Schwarzbau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineIllegally constructed building
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bauwerk, das im Widerspruch zu bestimmten, gesetzlichen Vorgaben errichtet wurde
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 Schwarzbau
- Schwarzbaues genitive
- Schwarzbaus genitive
- Schwarzbauten plural
- Schwarzbaue dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwarzbau?
- [ˈʃvaʁt͡sˌbaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwarzbau in German?
Schwarzbau appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).