German noun, masculine · CEFR B1
der Bau
Meaning in English: construction, building
Example
Der Bau der neuen Brücke dauert zwei Jahre.
Building the new bridge will take two years.
Der, die or das?
Bau is masculine: der Bau. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Bau?
Bau is number 1,180 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 77 times per million words — about once every 13,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 66% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,176umgesetztimplemented, put into practice
- 1,177wederneither
- 1,178Materialienmaterials
- 1,179einzigeonly, single
- 1,180der Bauconstruction, building
- 1,181enthältcontains
- 1,182die Tätigkeitactivity, job, occupation
- 1,183schwerenheavy, serious, difficult
- 1,184die Anwendungapplication, use
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,180
- The most common German nouns#423
- German B1 vocabulary#345
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#116
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