Bauernschläue
German, noun[ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌʃlɔɪ̯ə]
Bauernschläue is spelled B-A-U-E-R-N-S-C-H-L-Ä-U-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 257,657th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bauernschläue is a German feminine noun meaning “street smarts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlaues, kluges, mitunter berechnendes Verhalten einfacher Leute; die Fähigkeit dieser Leute, einen…”.
What does Bauernschläue mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininestreet smarts
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlaues, kluges, mitunter berechnendes Verhalten einfacher Leute; die Fähigkeit dieser Leute, einen unüblichen, schlauen, cleveren Weg einzuschlagen, beziehungsweise ihren Vorteil zu wahren
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Bauernschläue?
- [ˈbaʊ̯ɐnˌʃlɔɪ̯ə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bauernschläue in German?
Bauernschläue appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).