Ein Gutachter klopft die Wände ab und prüft die Bausubstanz. A surveyor taps the walls and checks the building fabric.

noun · C1

die Bausubstanz

[ˈbaʊ̯zʊpˌstant͡s]

building fabric, structural condition

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Wir hatten Glück: Die Bausubstanz ist trotz des Alters erstaunlich gut.

We were lucky: despite its age, the building is structurally in surprisingly good shape.
Wenn du einen Altbau besichtigst, solltest du vor allem auf die Bausubstanz achten.

When you view an old building, you should pay attention above all to its structural condition.
Frau Hilde sagt lachend, die Bausubstanz des Hauses sei besser als ihre eigene.

Frau Hilde says with a laugh that the building is in better shape than she is.

Declension

The noun in the four cases, with the definite article.

Case	Singular	Example
Nominative wer? was?	die Bausubstanz	Wir hatten Glück: Die Bausubstanz ist trotz des Alters erstaunlich gut. We were lucky: despite its age, the building is structurally in surprisingly good shape.
Accusative wen? was?	die Bausubstanz
Dative wem?	der Bausubstanz
Genitive wessen?	der Bausubstanz

How the Word Is Built

Bau root substanz root

A compound: Bau + die Substanz

The last word gives the article. More rules

Word family

bauender Baudie Substanz

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde and the history of her building

der Altbau die Architektur baufällig das Baujahr behutsam denkmalgeschützt der Dielenboden der Erker die Fassade das Geländer das Gerüst die Geschichte

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