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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.
asphalt
'der Beton' and 'der Asphalt' are both hard materials that you see in construction. For that reason, they can easily be confused, especially when talking about paths, squares, or construction sites. 'Beton' is a building material made from cement, sand, gravel, and water. It is often used for walls, foundations, ceilings, or slabs. 'Asphalt' is usually dark to black and is mainly used as a surface for roads, paths, and parking lots. A practical way to remember it is: houses and foundations often have concrete, while roads usually have asphalt.
Für das neue Fundament wird morgen Beton geliefert.
Concrete will be delivered tomorrow for the new foundation.
Nach der Hitze war der Asphalt auf der Straße noch warm.
After the heat, the asphalt on the road was still warm.