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Wiederaufbau

· noun· Pl. —

reconstruction, rebuilding

After a war, an earthquake or a flood, when destroyed houses, towns and whole countries are built up again.

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der Wiederaufbau
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des Wiederaufbaus

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Wiederaufbau
reconstruction, rebuilding

Er war inzwischen Maurer, und wie Tausende andere arbeitete er am Wiederaufbau seiner Stadt.

He was a bricklayer now, and like thousands of others he was working on the rebuilding of his city.

Word family

Wiederaufbauwiederaufbauen / wieder aufbauento rebuildder Aufbauconstruction; structureaufbauento build up, to put up

Common combinations

  • der Wiederaufbau nach dem Kriegpost-war reconstruction
  • beim Wiederaufbau helfento help with the rebuilding

Real examples

  • Er war inzwischen Maurer, und wie Tausende andere arbeitete er am Wiederaufbau seiner Stadt.He was a bricklayer now, and like thousands of others he was working on the rebuilding of his city.
  • Der Wiederaufbau der Frauenkirche in Dresden dauerte elf Jahre.The rebuilding of the Frauenkirche in Dresden took eleven years.

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