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German
Etymology
From Middle High German gebūwede, from the Old High German gibūidi (literally “that which has been built”),[1][2][3] originally a collective noun to bauen. See there for more. By surface analysis, ge- + Bau + -de, related to bauen. Doublet of Gebäu. Cognate with Yiddish געבײַדע (gebayde)
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Noun
Gebäude n (strong, genitive Gebäudes, plural Gebäude)
- building, edifice, structure
- Synonyms: Bauwerk, Bau
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