Bauer

English

Etymology

From German Bauer (“farmer”).

Proper noun

Bauer

1. of German origin.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bauer is the 517^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 65,004 individuals. Bauer is most common among White (95.1%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Abreu, Abure, Baure

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French

Proper noun

Bauer

1. a surname from German

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaʊ̯ɐ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

Etymology 1

(deprecated template usage) From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr, gibūr, gibūro, from Proto-Germanic *būraz. Compare English boor.

Noun

Bauer m (genitive Bauern, plural Bauern, diminutive Bäuerchen n or Bäuerlein n, female Bäuerin)

1. farmer, peasant, boor (male or of unspecified sex)
2. (chess) pawn
3. (card games) jack, knave

Usage notes

• 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.

Synonyms

• (farmer): Landwirt, Farmer
• (playing card): Bube m, Unter m

Derived terms

• bäuerlich
• Bauernfrühstück n
• Bauernhof m
• Bauerschaft (cf. Weiler)
• Bauersleute
• Bauersmann, Bauersfrau
• Bergbauer
• Biobauer, Biobäuerin
• Doppelbauer
• Freibauer, Freibäuerin
• kalter Bauer m
• Milchbauer, Milchbäuerin
• Reisbauer, Reisbäuerin
• Schweinebauer, Schweinebäuerin
• Bauersmann, Bauersfrau, Bauersleute

Proper noun

1. An occupational surname originating as an occupation

Etymology 2

(deprecated template usage) From Middle High German būr, from Old High German būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz.

Noun

Bauer n or m (genitive Bauers, plural Bauer)

1. (archaic or regional) birdcage

Declension

Neuter gender

Masculine gender

Synonyms

• Vogelkäfig m
• Vogelbauer n or m

Derived terms

• Vogelbauer m

Etymology 3

(deprecated template usage) From bauen +‎ -er.

Noun

Bauer m (genitive Bauers, plural Bauer, feminine Bauerin)

1. (almost exclusively in compounds) builder

Hyponyms

• Anlagenbauer
• Geigenbauer
• Gitarrenbauer
• Harfenbauer
• Heizungsbauer
• Instrumentenbauer
• Klavierbauer
• Möbelbauer
• Orgelbauer
• Straßenbauer

 

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) From Old High German bū(w)āri; equivalent to bauen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbau̯(e)ʀ/, [ˈbɑʊ̯.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɑʊɐ

Noun

Bauer m (plural Baueren)

1. farmer
2. pawn (chess piece)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Bauer, Dutch boer, English bower.

Noun

Bauer m (plural Bauer)

1. farmer