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==Types of Farmers==
There are many different words meaning "farmer" in German. Most of these words explain what type of farmer a person is.
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|Abbauer
|farmer on a section split off from the original farm, perhaps a later-born son
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|Abnahmemann
|retired farmer living on a life estate
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|Abschiedsmann
|retired farmer living on a life estate
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|Achtelbauer             
|farmer with 1/8 farm
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|Achtelhuefner
|farmer with 1/8 farm
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|Achtermann
|farmer on a farm behind one's own
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|Ackerbauer
|farmer
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|Ackerbuerger
|farmer
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|Ackerer
|farmer
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|Ackerknecht
|farmhand
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|Ackersmann
|farmer
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|Ackerwirt(h)
|farmer
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|Altbauer
|old, established farmer, possibly retired
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|Altenteiler
|retired farmer
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|Altenteilerin
|retired farmer's wife
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|Althufner
|retired farmer
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|Altsitzer(in)
|retired farmer
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|Amtsmeier
|farmer with a large estate and special rights
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|Anbauer
|small farmer
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|Anspaenner
|farmer who owns draft animals (horses, oxen) and a wagon
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|Aroeder
|new settler on farmland belonging to an estate
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|Artmann
|farmer
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|Artmeier
|farmer
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|Auenhaeusler
|cottager, free villager with a small house, garden, and some livestock
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|Ausdinger
|retired farmer
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|Auszuegler
|retired farmer
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|Baeuerle, Bauerli
|farmer (Swiss)
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|Bauer
|peasant, farmer on a full-sized farm
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|Bauernknecht
|farmhand
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|Bauknecht
|farmhand
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|Baumann
|farmer, can also be a builder
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|Beerbter
|farmer with an inheritable lease
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|Behandinge
|feudal tenure on a farm
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|Beibauer
|farmer on a new farm, officially recognized, but with few privileges
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|Beisasse
|landless renter without citizen rights in the community
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|Beiwohner
|rental inhabitant without citizenship
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|Bestaender
|farmer on a small farm
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|Bestanderlasser
|landlord over a small farm
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|Bestandwirt
|farmer leasing farm land
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|Boedener
|cottager, free villager with a small house, garden, and some livestock
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|Bo[h]lsmann
|farmer with a full-sized farm
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|Brinker
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
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|Brinkkoetter
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
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|Brinklieger
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
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|Brinkmann
|cottager, see Brinksitzer
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|Brinksitzer
|cottager, his property situated on a grassy hill (Brink) on the outskirts
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|Buedner
|cottager, small-scale farmer, could also have a small shop
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|Buhmann, Bumann
|farmer
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|Buschpächter
|tenant farmer who clears the land, then farms it (Eastern Pomerania)
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|Chal(l)upner
|small-scale farmer [often used in Czech records]
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|Dotale, Dotalbauer
|farmer who leases church-income property
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|Eigengaertner
|cottager with a garden of his own
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|Eigenkaethner
|cottager with a garden of his own
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|Eigenkoetter
|cottager with a garden of his own
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|Einlieger
|free agricultural laborer
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|Einspaenner
|farmer with one horse
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|Erbbauer
|farmer on a full-sized farm with inherited lease rights
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|Erbpaechter
|farmer with a hereditary land lease
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|Exner
|poorer framer who used oxen
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|Feuerstättler
|cottager (whose dwelling has a fireplace)
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|Freibauer
|free farmer with only small rent payments
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|Freigaertner
|free farmer
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|Froehner
|subject performing unpaid labor for the lord of the land (as part of the taxation system)
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|Gaertner
|farmer
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|Ganzlechner
|farmer who leases a standard-sized farm
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|Gesinde
|male or female hired help on a farm
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|Halblechner
|farmer who leases half of a standard-sized farm
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|Halblehner
|farmer who leases half of a standard-sized farm
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|Heuerling
|day laborer
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|Hofer
|farmer
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|Hofgänger
|farmhand
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|Hofmann
|farmer
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|Hofstaedtler
|farmer
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|Hofwirth
|farmer
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|Hoppenploecker
|farmer who is obligated to do “hand service” (in Lippe)
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|Hortulanus
|farmer (Latin)
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|Huber
|farmer
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|Huebler
|farmer; expression comes from “Hube”
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|Huettler, Hitler
|cottager
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|Inlieger
|tenant farmer
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|Inste, Instmann
|tenant farmer
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|Interimswirt(h)
|farmer who marries into a farm by marrying the widow or heiress
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|Kaet(h)ner, Koethner
|cottager with a small house and a garden of his own, perhaps some livestock
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|Kampheuerling
|tenant of a farm belonging to nobility
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|Kirchdotale
|farmer who leases church-income property
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|Kitzmann
|rents from a farmer
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|Knecht
|farmhand
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|Koelmer
|farmer who is "half free"
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|Koet[t]er
|cottager
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|Kolon
|farmer on a farm with hereditary tithe
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|Kolonist
|new settler in the area; most, but not all, were farmers
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|Kolupner
|cottager; see Chal(l)upner
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|Kossate, Kossaeth
|cottager
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|Kotsass, Kotasse
|cottager
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|Landmann
|farmer
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|Lehner
|farmer who leases a farm
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|Magd
|female helper on a farm
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|Meyer
|farmer, farm overseer, manager
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|Ochsner 
|poorer farmer who used oxen
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|Oekonom
|farmer
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|Pachtbauer
|farmer who leases his land (often an inheritable lease)
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|Paeger
|farmer who ploughs with horses
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|Pfarrdotale
|farmer who leases church-income property
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|Robotgaertner
|unfree farmer/farm laborer
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|Roessner
|farmer who ploughed with horses
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|Scharknecht
|farmhand
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|Soeldner
|farmer who farmed on a small section of land called a “Soelde”
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|Strassenkoetter
|cottager living by a road
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|Tageloehner
|day laborer
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|Tagner
|day laborer
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|Tauner, Thauner
|day laborer
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|Viertelbauer
|farmer on 1/4 farm
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|Viertelhufner
|farmer on 1/4 farm
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|Viertellehner
|farmer who leases a quarter of a standard-sized farm
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|Vollbauer
|farmer on a full-sized farm
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|Voll-lehner
|farmer who leases a full farm
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|Vollmaier
|farmer on a full-sized farm
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|Vollspaenner
|farmer on a full-sized farm
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|Weingärtner
|wine grower
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|Weingartknecht
|farmhand in a vineyard
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|Weinzettel
|farmhand in a vineyard
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|Widumer
|farmer settled on church property
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|Winzer
|wine grower
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|Wirt(h)
|farmer
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|Zettelmann
|farmhand
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|Zweispaenner
|farmer who owns two draft animals
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