vorbauen

== German == === Etymology === vor- +‎ bauen === Pronunciation === === Verb === vorbauen (weak, third-person singular present baut vor, past tense baute vor, past participle vorgebaut, auxiliary haben) (transitive, construction) to build something so that it faces the front or protrudes (e.g., a porch) (transitive) to preassemble (intransitive) to prevent, obviate [with dative] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Vorbauen ==== Related terms ==== Vorbau === Further reading === “vorbauen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “vorbauen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “vorbauen” in Duden online “vorbauen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.