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Tagebau
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German
Alternative forms
de Tagbau southern
Etymology
From de Tag day -e- Bau building, winning, mining. The first component refers to the (sun-lit) surface of the earth, as in the mining terms de unter Tage below ground and de über Tage above ground. The second component is used in the sense of de Abbau; compare de Raubbau.
Pronunciation
de De-Tagebau.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es
open-pit mining, opencast mining
open-pit mine
Declension
m,s:es
Antonyms
de Untertagebau
Further reading
de Mining