Noun
der Tagebau
Pronunciation: /ˈtaːɡəbaʊ̯/
open-pit mining, opencast mining
C2
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plural Tagebaue
Meanings
Noun
- open-pit mining, opencast mining
- open-pit mine
Example sentence
Für den Tagebau mussten drei Dörfer weichen.
Three villages had to make way for the open-cast mine.
Word forms
singular
der Tagebau
plural
die Tagebaue
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Tagebau
Accusativeden Tagebau
Dativedem Tagebau
Genitivedes Tagebaus
Plural
Nominativedie Tagebaue
Accusativedie Tagebaue
Dativeden Tagebauen
Genitiveder Tagebaue
Usage
- Kohle im Tagebau abbauen — Extract coal by opencast or open-pit mining.
- Tagebau / Untertagebau — Mining from the surface versus mining underground.
Das Modell zeigte, wie der Tagebau die Landschaft verändert hatte.
The model showed how opencast mining had changed the landscape.