Bauer

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bauer (“pawn”). === Noun === Bauer (chess) Spoken by a player during a match with one or more visually impaired players to indicate a pawn in algebraic notation. === References === FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 == 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(key): /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, /ˈbaʊəɹ/ 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(key): [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, →OCLC, page 304 == French == === Proper noun === Bauer ? a surname from German == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ̯ɐ/ 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 ===== ===== Coordinate terms ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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 ===== ==== 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 ===== Declension ===== ===== 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) ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== === 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(key): [ˈbɑʊ̯ɐ] Rhymes: -ɑʊɐ === Noun === Bauer m (plural Baueren) farmer pawn (chess piece) ==== Synonyms ==== Kaffert === See also === == 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(key): [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, 2003–2026 == Slovene == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Bauer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bauɛr/ === Proper noun === Bauer m anim a surname from German === Further reading === “Bauer”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2026