Landwirt

German

Etymology

Land (“land”) +‎ Wirt (“host; caretaker”). Chiefly a backformation from Landwirtschaft (“agriculture”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlantˌvɪʁt/, [ˈlantˌʋɪʁt], [ˈlantˌʋɪɐ̯t]

• Audio:

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Noun

Landwirt m (strong, genitive Landwirtes or Landwirts, plural Landwirte, feminine Landwirtin)

1. farmer, agriculturist (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonym: Bauer m

Usage notes

• Landwirt is the official and legal term for a commercial farmer. The word is also sometimes used in non-official contexts in order to stress the character of farming as a skilled craft. Otherwise the more normal word is Bauer.

Declension

Declension of Landwirt [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Landwirt	die	Landwirte
genitive	eines	des	Landwirtes, Landwirts	der	Landwirte
dative	einem	dem	Landwirt, Landwirte1	den	Landwirten
accusative	einen	den	Landwirt	die	Landwirte

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Gesindewirt
• Landwirtschaft
• landwirtschaftlich

Further reading

• “Landwirt” in Duden online
• “Landwirt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Landwirt on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de