Bau
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English
Etymology 1
Various origins:
- Borrowed from German Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as Bauhofer or Baumann.
- Borrowed from French Bau, perhaps a variant of Beau.
- Variant of Bao, a surname of Chinese origin.
Proper noun
Bau (plural Baus)
- A surname.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bau is the 37544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Bau is most common among White (60.54%), Asian/Pacific Islander (23.95%) and Hispanic/Latino (11.47%) individuals.
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
Bau
- (Mesopotamian mythology) A Mesopotamian goddess, initially a life-giving deity sometimes associated with the creation of mankind, later a goddess of healing and medicine.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bau”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 115.
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German bū, bou, from Old High German bū. The plural form Bauten is that of the related Low German Bude (“building”), from Middle Low German bûwete. The singular Baute did not catch on in standard German.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bau m (strong, genitive Baues or Baus, plural Bauten or Baue)
- building, construction (the act of constructing)
- Synonyms: Bauen, Errichtung, Konstruktion
- Antonyms: Abriss, Vernichtung, Zerstörung
- building site, construction site (place where such constructing takes place)
- Synonym: Baustelle
- building, construction, edifice (built-up structure, house)
- Synonyms: Gebäude, Bauwerk, Konstruktion
- burrow (of an animal, especially under ground)
- (colloquial) prison, jail
Usage notes
- Nowadays the plural is Bauten for “buildings” and Baue for “burrows”. The other senses do not have a common plural form.
- A third plural Bäue with umlaut is obsolete.
Declension
Declension of Bau
Hyponyms
- Abbau
- Ackerbau
- Anbau
- Anlagenbau
- Aufbau
- Ausbau
- Brückenbau
- Dachsbau
- Einbau
- Fahrzeugbau
- Flugzeugbau
- Fuchsbau
- Gartenbau
- Hausbau
- Hochbau
- Kaninchenbau
- Körperbau
- Landbau
- Leichtbau
- Maschinenbau
- Mauerbau
- Monumentalbau
- Neidbau
- Neubau
- Plattenbau
- Raubbau
- Reaktorbau
- Rückbau
- Satzbau
- Schiffbau
- Schiffsbau
- Schwarzbau
- Strassenbau
- Straßenbau
- Tiefbau
- Überbau
- Umbau
- Unterbau
- Untertagebau
- Wegebau
- Weinbau
- Wohnungsbau
- Zaunbau
Related terms
Further reading
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Old High German bū. Cognate with German Bau, Dutch bouw, Swedish bo.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bau m (plural Bai)