Hauer
German, noun
Hauer is spelled H-A-U-E-R (5 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 35,124th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hauer is a German masculine noun meaning “hewer, miner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Häuer is a different word: “alternative form of Hauer (“miner”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Plural 3 Bergmann, Arbeiter im Bergbau, der Bodenschätze und Gestein aus dem Berg löst”.
What does Hauer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehewer, miner
- 2
masculinethe small, sharp tusk of a wild boar or similar animal
noun
- 1
masculinealternative form of Hauer (“miner”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Arbeiter im Bergbau, der Bodenschätze und Gestein löst
noun: 1. Plural 3 Bergmann, Arbeiter im Bergbau, der Bodenschätze und Gestein aus dem Berg löst 2. die hervorstehenden Eckzähne eines Keilers 3. der Weinbauer, der Winzer
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 Hauer
- Hauers genitive
- Hauern dative definite plural
- Häuers genitive
- Häuern dative definite plural
- Häuersleute nominative plural
- Häuersleuten dative plural
- Hauersleute nominative plural
- Häuer nominative plural
- Hauersleuten dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Hauer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Hauer in German?
Hauer appears 1.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).