Polier
German, noun/poˈliːɐ̯/
Polier is spelled P-O-L-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,036th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polier is a German masculine noun meaning “foreman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stellvertreter des Hüttenleiters und der Sprecher der Bauleute an mittelalterlichen Bauhütten”.
What does Polier mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineforeman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Stellvertreter des Hüttenleiters und der Sprecher der Bauleute an mittelalterlichen Bauhütten 2. der für die Ausführung eines Bauwerkes verantwortliche und weisungsberechtigte Mitarbeiter am Bau
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 Polier
- Poliers genitive
- Polierin feminine
- Poliern dative definite plural
- Palier obsolete
- Parlier obsolete
- Poliere nominative plural
- Polieren dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Polier?
- /poˈliːɐ̯/
- [poˈliːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Polier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Polier in German?
Polier appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).