verbauen

== German == === Etymology === ver- +‎ bauen === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛʁˈbaʊ̯ən/ === Verb === verbauen (weak, third-person singular present verbaut, past tense verbaute, past participle verbaut, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to block (with buildings, etc.) (transitive) to use, consume, spend (for a construction) (transitive, derogatory) to build in a displeasing or incorrect way (as in building an ugly house, etc.) (transitive) to construct on, upon ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verbauen Verbauung === Further reading === “verbauen” in Duden online “verbauen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)