bouwen

From Middle Dutch bouwen, from Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɑu̯ə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bou‧wen
• Rhymes: -ɑu̯ən

bouwen

1. (transitive) to build, to construct
2. (transitive, dialectal) to cultivate, to till

   Synonym: verbouwen

• Afrikaans: bou
• Jersey Dutch: bāue
• Negerhollands: bou, bau, bow
• → Aukan: bow
• → Papiamentu: bouw (dated)
• → Sranan Tongo: bow
  • → Lokono: bowdun
  • → Caribbean Javanese: ngebau

From Old Dutch buwan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

bouwen

1. to build, to found
2. to till, to work (land)
3. to inhabit, to dwell
4. to cultivate, to cherish

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

• buwen

• bouwinge
• gebouwen
• verbouwen
• volbouwen

• Dutch: bouwen
  • Afrikaans: bou
  • Jersey Dutch: bāue
  • Negerhollands: bou, bau, bow
  • → Aukan: bow
  • → Papiamentu: bouw (dated)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bow
    • → Lokono: bowdun
    • → Caribbean Javanese: ngebau
• Limburgish: boewe

• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “bouwen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I