German noun, masculine · CEFR A2
der Bauer
Meaning in English: farmer
Example
Der Bauer verkauft seine Eier direkt am Hof.
The farmer sells his eggs straight from the farm.
Der, die or das?
Bauer is masculine: der Bauer. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -er are der in 126 of 160 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Bauer?
Bauer is number 4,598 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 17 times per million words — about once every 57,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 78% of the words in an ordinary German text. A2 means an elementary word, usually learned in the first year.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 4,594Bemühungenefforts
- 4,595der Stofffabric, material; substance
- 4,596das Ehrenamtvoluntary work, honorary post
- 4,597bundesweitenationwide
- 4,598der Bauerfarmer
- 4,599bergento recover, to rescue; to hold (risks)
- 4,600die Tagungconference, meeting
- 4,601der Einbruchburglary; collapse, onset
- 4,602die Krankenversicherunghealth insurance
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#4,598
- The most common German nouns#2,008
- German A2 vocabulary#913
- The most common German masculine nouns (der)#503
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.