Freibauer
German, noun/ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯ɐ/
Freibauer is spelled F-R-E-I-B-A-U-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written German, the 264,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Freibauer is a German masculine noun meaning “farmer who owns their own land” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bauer mit eigenem Grund”.
What does Freibauer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefarmer who owns their own land
- 2
masculinepassed pawn
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bauer mit eigenem Grund 2. ein Bauer, auf dessen Linie kein gegnerischer Bauer steht und der beim Vorrücken bis zum Umwandlungsfeld nicht von gegnerischen Bauern geschlagen werden kann
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Freibauer
- Freibauern genitive
- Freibauers genitive rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Freibauer?
- /ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯ɐ/
- [ˈfʁaɪ̯ˌbaʊ̯ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Freibauer in German?
Freibauer appears about once in every 21 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).