Bauerschaft

German

Etymology

From Bauer (“farmer”) + -schaft (“-ship”). A similar sense and construct Dutch buurschap and buurtschap.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbaʊ̯ɐˌʃaft/

Noun

Bauerschaft f (genitive Bauerschaft, plural Bauerschaften)

  1. a number of outlying farms that together constitute a community but without a village centre

Usage notes

This form of land use and communal organisation is found chiefly in northern Germany.

Declension
Declension of Bauerschaft [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bauerschaft die Bauerschaften
genitive einer der Bauerschaft der Bauerschaften
dative einer der Bauerschaft den Bauerschaften
accusative eine die Bauerschaft die Bauerschaften

See also
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