Polyglot Dictionary

Landwirt

/ˈlantˌvɪʁt/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Landwirte

Meaning

  1. farmer

    Built from Land (land) + Wirt (manager).

N Category Person Concreteness Concrete Animacy Animate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Land land
  • Wirt manager

Similar words

Bauer

Bauer is the traditional, everyday word for farmer; Landwirt is the more modern, official or professional term, used on official documents.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fazendeiro

fazendeiro is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "farmer."

Practice

1 What does Landwirt mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ melkt die Kühe.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Landwirt?

nouncompound

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