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concrete
A hard and solid building material made by mixing cement, sand, gravel, and water and then letting it dry.
Die Fundamente des neuen Gebäudes werden aus Stahlbeton gegossen.
The foundations of the new building are being poured from reinforced concrete.
'Beton' (concrete) is a building material. Typical verbs used with it describe the construction process: 'Beton mischen' (to mix concrete), 'Beton gießen' (to pour concrete), and 'Beton trocknen lassen' (to let concrete dry).
Die Bauarbeiter gießen heute das Fundament aus Beton.
The construction workers are pouring the concrete foundation today.
As the name of a material, 'Beton' (concrete) is usually an uncountable noun. It is almost always used in the singular without an article or with 'der' when speaking about the material in general.
Für diese Mauer brauchen wir noch mehr Beton.
We still need more concrete for this wall.
'Beton' (concrete) is the base word for many compound nouns in construction. Examples include 'der Stahlbeton' (reinforced concrete), 'die Betonmauer' (concrete wall), 'der Betonmischer' (concrete mixer), or 'die Betonwüste' (concrete jungle, negative).
Moderne Brücken werden oft aus Stahlbeton gebaut.
Modern bridges are often built from reinforced concrete.
cement
Beton is the finished building material made from cement, sand, gravel, and water. Zement, by contrast, is the powdered binding agent used to make concrete. For a solid structural element, you need concrete; cement is one component of the mixture.
Die Arbeiter gießen den frischen Beton in die Form für das Fundament.
The workers pour the fresh concrete into the form for the foundation.
Die Arbeiter mischen den Zement mit Sand, Kies und Wasser für das Fundament.
The workers mix the cement with sand, gravel, and water for the foundation.
