Etymology

bauer

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Today it means: A German farmer or peasant. Full definition →

German Bauer
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bauer · noun, noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromBauer
  2. English todaybauer

From German Bauer. Doublet of Boer, boor, and bower.

Bauer · proper noun2

  1. Old High German · derived frombur“dwelling”
  2. German · borrowed fromBauer“farmer”
  3. English todayBauer

* 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”).

Words from the same roots

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bower

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