Landwirt
German
Etymology
Land (“land”) + Wirt (“host; caretaker”). Chiefly a backformation from Landwirtschaft (“agriculture”).
Pronunciation
Noun
Landwirt m (strong, genitive Landwirtes or Landwirts, plural Landwirte, feminine Landwirtin)
- farmer, agriculturist (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonym: Bauer m
Usage notes
- Landwirt is the official and legal term for a commercial farmer. The word is also sometimes used in non-official contexts in order to stress the character of farming as a skilled craft. Otherwise the more normal word is Bauer.
Declension
Declension of Landwirt [masculine, strong]
Related terms
Further reading
- “Landwirt” in Duden online
- “Landwirt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Landwirt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de