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Bauer

farmer

noun BOW-er Less Common
People & Society Professions

Also means

pawn

Usage Note

Bauer is a farmer, but in chess it is the pawn and in cards the jack. It is a weak masculine noun, so it adds -n in the other cases: den Bauern, dem Bauern. The female farmer is die Bäuerin.

Examples

"Der Bauer melkt die Kühe."

Natural Translation

The farmer milks the cows.

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