Aufbau

construction

noun OWF-bow Less Common

Also means

structure

Usage Note

Aufbau is the noun from separable aufbauen ('to build up'), and means both the act of constructing and the resulting structure of a thing. It appears in Aufbau und Inhalt ('structure and content') when describing an essay or organisation. Its opposite is Abbau ('dismantling, reduction').

Examples

"Der Aufbau dauerte zwei Stunden."

Natural Translation

The construction took two hours.

Literal Translation

The construction lasted two hours.

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