Bauer
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As a German and Jewish surname, from German Bauer (“farmer”). Compare Bower.
- Also as a German and Jewish surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun (ge)būr (“neighbour”), from Old High German bur (“dwelling”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, /ˈbaʊəɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)
- Homophones: Bower, bower (some etymologies)
Proper noun
[edit]Bauer
- A surname from German.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bauer is the 517th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 65,004 individuals. Bauer is most common among White (95.1%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bauer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 115.
Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bauer m anim (female equivalent Bauerová)
- a male surname from German
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Bauer”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
- Beneš, Josef (2020) Německá příjmení u Čechů [German Surnames of Czechs] (in Czech), Prague: Agentura Pankrác, →ISBN, page 304
French
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bauer ?
- a surname from German
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro. All these forms ultimately descend from Proto-West Germanic *būr, itself from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“inhabitant, dweller”). Compare English boor.
Noun
[edit]Bauer m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Bauern or (informal) Bauers, plural Bauern, diminutive Bäuerchen n or Bäuerlein n, feminine Bäuerin or Bäurin)
- farmer (male or of unspecified gender)
- peasant (male or of unspecified gender)
- (derogatory) boor, yokel, bumpkin (male or of unspecified gender)
- (chess) pawn
- (card games) jack, knave
Usage notes
[edit]- Bauer is a weak noun in the standard language, but is part of a group of nouns which have a clear tendency to be strong colloquially, so one will often hear dem Bauer instead of dem Bauern.
Declension
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text) | |||||
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König | Dame, Königin | Turm | Läufer | Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel | Bauer |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bauers or (with an article) Bauer, feminine genitive Bauer, plural Bauers or Bauer)
- a surname originating as an occupation
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Bauer | (eine) | (die) | Bauer | (die) | Bauers, Bauer |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Bauers, Bauer1 | (einer) | (der) | Bauer | (der) | Bauers, Bauer |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Bauer | (einer) | (der) | Bauer | (den) | Bauers, Bauer |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Bauer | (eine) | (die) | Bauer | (die) | Bauers, Bauer |
1With an article.
Related terms
[edit]- Bauerschmidt, Bauerfeind, Bauersachs
- Angerbauer, Beckenbauer, Bergbauer, Gebauer, Hofbauer, Holzbauer, Lettenbauer
- Neubauer, Rosenbauer, Schmidbauer, Seebauer, Steinbauer, Wackerbauer, Waldbauer
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German būr, from Old High German būr (“dwelling”).
Noun
[edit]Bauer n or m (strong, genitive Bauers, plural Bauer)
- (archaic or regional) birdcage
- Synonyms: Vogelkäfig m, Vogelbauer n or m
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bauer m (strong, genitive Bauers, plural Bauer, feminine Bauerin)
- (almost exclusively in compounds) builder (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
[edit]Hyponyms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Bauer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bauer (Bebauer, Erbauer)” in Duden online
- “Bauer, Landwirt, Schachspielfigur” in Duden online
- “Bauer (Vogelkäfig)” in Duden online
Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bauer m (plural Baueren)
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]Chess pieces in Luxembourgish · Schachfiguren (Schach + Figuren) (layout · text) | |||||
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Kinnek | Damm | Tuerm | Leefer | Sprénger | Bauer |
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro.
Noun
[edit]Bauer m (plural Bauer)
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English terms derived from Middle High German
- English terms derived from Old High German
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:English/aʊ.ə(ɹ)
- Rhymes:English/aʊ.ə(ɹ)/2 syllables
- Rhymes:English/aʊə(ɹ)
- English terms with homophones
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- English uncountable nouns
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- French lemmas
- French proper nouns
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- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯ɐ
- Rhymes:German/aʊ̯ɐ/2 syllables
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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- German terms inherited from Old High German
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- German derogatory terms
- de:Chess
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- German neuter nouns
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- Regional German
- German terms suffixed with -er
- de:Occupations
- de:Animal dwellings
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Luxembourgish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Middle High German
- Luxembourgish terms derived from Old High German
- Luxembourgish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑʊɐ
- Rhymes:Luxembourgish/ɑʊɐ/2 syllables
- Luxembourgish lemmas
- Luxembourgish nouns
- Luxembourgish masculine nouns
- lb:Chess
- lb:Occupations
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰuH-
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German
- Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German nouns
- Pennsylvania German masculine nouns