Schwabenbauer

English translation: Swabian Farmer / Swabian Builder

16:26 May 14, 2006
German to English translations [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Genealogy
German term or phrase: Schwabenbauer
My last name.
Darrin Schwabenbauer
English translation:Swabian Farmer / Swabian Builder
Explanation:
Darrin - 'Schwaben' probably derives from 'Swabia' an area in Southwest Germany (around Stuttgart) and 'Bauer' could either derive from the German word for 'Farmer' or 'Builder'. I reckon it is the first, making it a 'Swabian Farmer'. I suppose this is for the purpose of genealogy?

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Note added at 22 mins (2006-05-14 16:48:14 GMT)
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Teres is right, of course.

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Note added at 5 days (2006-05-19 20:20:10 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you Darrin. How interesting that your college teacher thinks it means duck! 'Swabia' derives 'Suebi' a Germanic tribe. Check out the web - there is lots of info!
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gwm
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:41
Grading comment
Thank you very much. The reason i asked was because of a collage teacher i had said schwaben meant duck, as in duck farmer. does that make any sense?
thanks again
darrin
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2Swabian farmer, Swabian peasant (well, you did ask...)
David Moore (X)
3Swabian Farmer / Swabian Builder
gwm


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13 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
Swabian farmer, Swabian peasant (well, you did ask...)


Explanation:
This looks to be a fairly common family name in the south of Germany, although oddly enough, the first couple of pages of googles seem to come from the Bavarian Forest, rather than Swabia; around Bodenmais, in fact.

Feed the name into google, and the are thousands of sites on offer...

David Moore (X)
Local time: 19:41
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Teresa Reinhardt: That's because historic Swabia extended way into what is today's Bavaria (a rather recent invention in terms of German tribal history), but see my note above
4 mins

agree  gwm: only saw your response after posting mine
5 mins

agree  Brigitte Albert (X)
1 hr
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Swabian Farmer / Swabian Builder


Explanation:
Darrin - 'Schwaben' probably derives from 'Swabia' an area in Southwest Germany (around Stuttgart) and 'Bauer' could either derive from the German word for 'Farmer' or 'Builder'. I reckon it is the first, making it a 'Swabian Farmer'. I suppose this is for the purpose of genealogy?

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Note added at 22 mins (2006-05-14 16:48:14 GMT)
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Teres is right, of course.

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Note added at 5 days (2006-05-19 20:20:10 GMT) Post-grading
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Thank you Darrin. How interesting that your college teacher thinks it means duck! 'Swabia' derives 'Suebi' a Germanic tribe. Check out the web - there is lots of info!

gwm
United Kingdom
Local time: 18:41
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
Grading comment
Thank you very much. The reason i asked was because of a collage teacher i had said schwaben meant duck, as in duck farmer. does that make any sense?
thanks again
darrin
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