buwen

Middle English

Verb

buwen

  1. alternative form of bowen

Middle High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German būan, from Proto-West Germanic *būan, from Proto-Germanic *būaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈbuːwən/

Verb

būwen (class 2 weak, third-person singular present būwet, past tense būwete, past participle gebūwet, auxiliary hān)

  1. to build

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Alemannic German: buue, puue
  • German: bauen
    • Saterland Frisian: baue
  • Luxembourgish: bauen
  • Yiddish: בויען (boyen)

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