Bau

Appendix:Variations of "bau" English Etymology 1 + (surname) Various origins: Borrowed from en de Bau, perhaps a short form of compounds with this element, such as de Bauhofer or de Baumann. Borrowed from en fr Bau, perhaps a variant of fr Beau. Variant of en Bao, a surname of en zh - origin. Proper noun s en. 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 + (goddess) en Proper noun en 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 Gula (goddess) Ninisina en surnames from German surnames from French surnames from Chinese German de: Etymology From de gmh bū, gmh bou, from de goh bū, ultimately from de gem-pro *būą building, dwelling. The plural form Bauten is that of the related de nds Bude building, from de gml bûwete. The singular Baute did not catch on in standard German. Pronunciation de /baʊ̯/ de De-Bau.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de aʊ̯ 1 Noun m,(e)s,ten:e building, construction the act of constructing de Bauen Errichtung Konstruktion de Abriss Vernichtung Zerstörung building site, construction site place where such constructing takes place de Baustelle building, construction, edifice built-up structure, house de Gebäude Bauwerk Konstruktion burrow of an animal, especially underground de colloquial prison, jail de Gefängnis Kittchen Knast Usage notes Nowadays the plural is de Bauten for “buildings” and de Baue for “burrows”. The other senses do not have a common plural form. A third plural de Bäue with umlaut is obsolete. Declension m,(e)s,ten:e Hyponyms de 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 Straßenbau Strassenbau Schiffbau Schiffsbau Schwarzbau Tiefbau Überbau Umbau Unterbau Untertagebau Wegebau Weinbau Wohnungsbau Zaunbau Derived terms de Bauamt Bauarbeiten Bauer Bauerin Bauleiter Bauhaus Bauarbeiter Baueinheit Bauen Baufall Baumeister Baumeisterin Bausoldat Bausoldatin Bautechnik bautechnisch Bauvorschrift Related terms de bauen de Bauer Further reading de Animal dwellings Luxembourgish Etymology From lb goh bū. Cognate with de Bau, nl bouw, sv bo. Pronunciation lb [bæːʊ̯] Noun m Bai building building site Related terms lb bauen