# Bauer
## English
### Etymology

* 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

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, /ˈbaʊəɹ/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊ.ə(ɹ), -aʊə(ɹ)
* Homophones: Bower, bower (some etymologies)

### Proper noun

Bauer
* A surname from German.

#### Statistics

* 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

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bauer”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 115.

### Anagrams

* Baure, Abure, Breau, Abreu

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbau̯ɛr]

### Proper noun

Bauer m anim (female equivalent Bauerová)
* a male surname from German

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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
### Proper noun

Bauer ?
* a surname from German

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaʊ̯ɐ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

### Etymology 1

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

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)
    Synonyms: Landwirt, Farmer
* peasant (male or of unspecified gender)
* (derogatory) boor, yokel, bumpkin (male or of unspecified gender)
* (chess) pawn
* (card games) jack, knave
    Synonyms: Bube m, Unter m

##### 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.

##### Declension

$^1$Standard. $^2$Colloquial.

##### Coordinate terms

Chess pieces in German · Schachfiguren, Schachsteine (layout · text) :
| König | Dame, Königin | Turm | Läufer | Springer, Pferd, Ross, Rössel | Bauer |

##### Derived terms

* bäuerlich
* Bauernfrühstück n
* Bauernhof m
* Bauerschaft
* Bauersmann, -frau, -leute
* Bergbauer
* Biobauer, -bäuerin
* Doppelbauer
* Freibauer, -bäuerin
* kalter Bauer m
* Milchbauer, -bäuerin
* Reisbauer, -bäuerin
* Schweinebauer, -bäuerin

##### Descendants

* → English: bauer; bower
* → Polish: bauer
* → Serbo-Croatian: pȁor, па̏ор

#### Proper noun

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

$^1$With an article.

#### Related terms

* Bauerschmidt, Bauerfeind, Bauersachs
* Angerbauer, Beckenbauer, Bergbauer, Gebauer, Hofbauer, Holzbauer, Lettenbauer
* Neubauer, Rosenbauer, Schmidbauer, Seebauer, Steinbauer, Wackerbauer, Waldbauer

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

Bauer n or m (strong, genitive Bauers, plural Bauer)
* (archaic or regional) birdcage
    Synonyms: Vogelkäfig m, Vogelbauer n or m

##### Derived terms

* Vogelbauer m

### Etymology 3

From bauen +‎ -er.

#### Noun

Bauer m (strong, genitive Bauers, plural Bauer, feminine Bauerin)
* (almost exclusively in compounds) builder (male or of unspecified gender)

##### Hyponyms

* Anlagenbauer
* Bootsbauer
* Geigenbauer
* Gitarrenbauer
* Harfenbauer
* Hausbauer
* Heizungsbauer
* Instrumentenbauer
* Klavierbauer
* Möbelbauer
* Orgelbauer
* Schiffsbauer
* Straßenbauer

### Further reading

* “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
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɑʊ̯ɐ]
* Rhymes: -ɑʊɐ

### Noun

Bauer m (plural Baueren)
* farmer
* pawn (chess piece)

#### Synonyms

* Kaffert

### See also

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

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

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

### Noun

Bauer m (plural Bauer)
* farmer

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbauer]

### Proper noun

Bauer m pers (female equivalent Bauerová)
* a male surname

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “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, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Bauer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bauɛr/

### Proper noun

Bauer m pers
* a surname from German

### Further reading

* “Bauer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025