Führer

See also: fuhrer, fuehrer, Fuhrer, and führer

Contents

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from German Führer

Alternative formsEdit

• Fuehrer
• Fuhrer
• fuhrer

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfjʊəɹə/

• Audio (UK)

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HomophonesEdit

• furor

NounEdit

Führer (plural Führers or Führer)

1. A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant
2. (historical) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany

TranslationsEdit

leader exercising the powers of a tyrant

• Arabic: (has other meanings as well) دَلِيل‏‎ m (dalīl), فِيرَر‏‎ m (fīrar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (also: head of state) 元首 (zh) (yuánshǒu), Führer (zh), (leader) 領袖 (zh), 领袖 (zh) (lǐngxiù); 富勒爾, 富勒尔 (Fùlēi'ěr) (rare transliteration, also used for the surname)

• Estonian: füürer
• French: Führer (fr) m
• Greek: Φύρερ m (Fýrer)
• Hebrew: פִיהְרֶר‏‎ (he) m

• Japanese: フューレル (fyūreru)
• Korean: 퓌러 (pwireo)
• Macedonian: фирер m (fírer)
• Persian: پیشوا‏‎ (fa) (pišvā)
• Portuguese: führer m
• Russian: фю́рер (ru) m (fjúrer)
• Swedish: führer c

Adolf Hitler when chancellor

• Arabic: (has other meanings as well) دَلِيل‏‎ m (dalīl), فِيرَر‏‎ m (fīrar)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元首 (zh) (yuánshǒu)

• Danish: Føreren
• Estonian: füürer
• French: Führer (fr) m
• Georgian: ფიურერი (piureri)
• German: (has other meanings as well) Führer (de) m

• Greek: Φύρερ m (Fýrer)
• Japanese: (also: president) 総統 (ja) (そうとう, sōtō), フューレル (fyūreru)
• Korean: 총통 (chongtong), 퓌러 (pwireo)
• Macedonian: фирер m (fírer)
• Persian: پیشوا‏‎ (fa) (pišvā)
• Portuguese: führer m
• Russian: фю́рер (ru) m (fjúrer)
• Swedish: Führern c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: (has other meanings as well) ^{(please verify)} دَلِيل‏‎ m (dalīl), ^{(please verify)} فِيرَر‏‎ m (fīrar)
• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} фюрер m (fjúrer)

• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} פיהרר‏‎ (he)
• Korean: (also: generalissimo) ^{(please verify)} 총통 (chongtong)

See alsoEdit

• duce

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle High German füerære, vüerære, füerer, vüerer, from Old High German fôrari. Derived from the verb führen (“to lead”) + -er (“agent suffix”). Compare Swedish förare.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈfyːrər/
• (Standard, Germany) IPA^(key): [ˈfyːʁɐ]
• (Swiss) IPA^(key): [ˈfyːrər], [ˈfiːrər] (Standard, Basel)

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

Führer m (genitive Führers, plural Führer, feminine Führerin)

1. agent noun of führen
   1. leader; someone who determines the actions of a group
   2. guide; a person who gives directions or provides help to navigate unknown terrain (especially in compounds)
   3. guide; a person who provides information about any topic
   4. guidebook; a text which provides information about a topic
   5. director, manager, commander; a person in charge of something or someone (especially in compounds)

      Geschäftsführer – chief executive officer

      Zugführer – leading conductor (on a train); platoon leader (in the armed forces)

   6. (formal) driver, pilot; someone who operates a mode of transport (any kind that is not shoes or skating equipment of some sort)

      Führerschein. – driver's license.

   7. (music) fugue theme; a melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue

Usage notesEdit

• “Führer und Reichskanzler” was the official title of Adolf Hitler after the merger of the positions of Reichspräsident (president) and Reichskanzler (chancellor) in 1934. Hitler was subsequently known as der Führer in both official and common usage.
• The word is often replaced with other terms (such as Anführer or Leiter) when referring to a leader and not used in a compound. However, Führer is still a perfectly acceptable word (see examples above).

DeclensionEdit

Declension of Führer

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Führer	die	Führer
genitive	eines	des	Führers	der	Führer
dative	einem	dem	Führer	den	Führern
accusative	einen	den	Führer	die	Führer

Derived termsEdit

• Judenführer, Kirchenführer, Oppositionsführer, Rädelsführer, Sektenführer, Staatsführer, Terroristenführer, Zionistenführer, Zugführer
• Fahrzeugführer, Flugzeugführer, Kraftfahrzeugführer, Kranführer, Lokomotivführer (Lokführer), Schiffsführer, Wagenführer, Zugführer (Zugsführer)
• (guide) Bergführer, Fremdenführer
• (guide or guidebook) Museumsführer, Reiseführer, Stadtführer
• (guidebook) Episodenführer, Kirchenführer, Serienführer, Spieleführer (for video games), Straßenführer
• (director, manager) Geschäftsführer
• Marktführer
• Führerausweis, Führerschein
• Führersitz
• führerlos

Related termsEdit

• Anführer
• Entführer
• Führung

Further readingEdit

• Führer in Duden online

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PortugueseEdit

NounEdit

Führer m (plural Führer or Führers)

1. Alternative letter-case form of führer