Tagebau
noun ·Etymology
From Tag (“day”) + -e- + Bau (“building, winning, mining”). The first component refers to the (sun-lit) surface of the earth, as in the mining terms unter Tage (“below ground”) and über Tage (“above ground”). The second component is used in the sense of Abbau; compare Raubbau.
Translation
- open-pit mining, opencast mining masculine, strong
- open pit mine source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
- mine source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
- quarrying source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
- open-pit mine masculine, strong
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Tagebau | Tagebaue |
| Accusative | Tagebau | Tagebaue |
| Dative | Tagebau | Tagebauen |
| Genitive | Tagebaus | Tagebaue |