Bauerschaft

German

Etymology

Bauer (“farmer”) + -schaft (“-ship”). A similar sense and construct in 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.

See also
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