Tagbau

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Tag (“day”) +‎ Bau (“building, winning, mining”). The first component refers to the (sun-lit) surface of the earth, as in the mining terms unter Tag (“below ground”) and über Tag (“above ground”). The second component is used in the sense of Abbau; compare Raubbau.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːɡˌbaʊ̯/
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Noun

Tagbau m (strong, genitive Tagbaus or Tagbaues, plural Tagbaue)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) open-pit mining, opencast mining
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, Southern Germany, Switzerland) open-pit mine

Declension
Declension of Tagbau [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Tagbau die Tagbaue
genitive eines des Tagbaus, Tagbaues der Tagbaue
dative einem dem Tagbau, Tagbaue1 den Tagbauen
accusative einen den Tagbau die Tagbaue

1Now rare, see notes.

Antonyms

Further reading
  • “Tagbau” in Duden online
  • “Tagbau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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