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Bauer

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English

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Bauer

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

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  • 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

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Bauer m anim (female equivalent Bauerová)

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

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Declension of Bauer (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Bauer Bauerové
genitive Bauera Bauerů
dative Bauerovi Bauerům
accusative Bauera Bauery
vocative Bauere Bauerové
locative Bauerovi Bauerech
instrumental Bauerem Bauery

Further reading

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  • “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

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Proper noun

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Bauer ?

  1. a surname from German

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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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

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Bauer m (weak or mixed, genitive (standard) Bauern or (informal) Bauers, plural Bauern, diminutive Bäuerchen n or Bäuerlein n, feminine Bäuerin or Bäurin)

  1. farmer (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: Landwirt, Farmer
  2. peasant (male or of unspecified gender)
  3. (derogatory) boor, yokel, bumpkin (male or of unspecified gender)
  4. (chess) pawn
  5. (card games) jack, knave
    Synonyms: Bube m, Unter m
Usage notes
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  • 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
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Declension of Bauer [masculine, weak // mixed]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bauer die Bauern
genitive eines des Bauern1, Bauers2 der Bauern
dative einem dem Bauern1, Bauer2 den Bauern
accusative einen den Bauern1, Bauer2 die Bauern

1Standard.
2Colloquial.

Coordinate terms
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Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text)
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König Dame, Königin Turm Läufer Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel Bauer
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • → English: bauer; bower
  • → Polish: bauer
  • → Serbo-Croatian: pȁor, па̏ор
German Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia de
Distribution of Bauers in Germany

Proper noun

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Bauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bauers or (with an article) Bauer, feminine genitive Bauer, plural Bauers or Bauer)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation
Declension
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Declension of Bauer [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
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.

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Etymology 2

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From Middle High German būr, from Old High German būr (“dwelling”).

Noun

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Bauer n or m (strong, genitive Bauers, plural Bauer)

  1. (archaic or regional) birdcage
    Synonyms: Vogelkäfig m, Vogelbauer n or m
Declension
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Declension of Bauer [neuter // masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das, der Bauer die Bauer
genitive eines des Bauers der Bauer
dative einem dem Bauer den Bauern
accusative ein, einen das, den Bauer die Bauer
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Etymology 3

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From bauen +‎ -er.

Noun

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

  1. (almost exclusively in compounds) builder (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
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Declension of Bauer [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bauer die Bauer
genitive eines des Bauers der Bauer
dative einem dem Bauer den Bauern
accusative einen den Bauer die Bauer
Hyponyms
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Further reading

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Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro.

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Noun

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Bauer m (plural Baueren)

  1. farmer
  2. pawn (chess piece)

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See also

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Chess pieces in Luxembourgish · Schachfiguren (Schach + Figuren) (layout · text)
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Kinnek Damm Tuerm Leefer Sprénger Bauer

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German būre, gebūre, from Old High German būr (“peasant”), gibūr, gibūro.

Noun

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Bauer m (plural Bauer)

  1. farmer

Slovak

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Proper noun

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Bauer m pers (female equivalent Bauerová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Declension of Bauer (pattern chlap)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeBauerBaueroviaBauerovci
genitiveBaueraBauerovBauerovcov
dativeBaueroviBaueromBauerovcom
accusativeBaueraBauerovBauerovcov
locativeBaueroviBauerochBauerovcoch
instrumentalBaueromBauermiBauerovcami

Further reading

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  • “Bauer”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Slovene

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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Bauer.

Pronunciation

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Bauer m pers

  1. a surname from German

Further reading

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  • “Bauer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024
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