Führer
EnglishEdit
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NounEdit
Führer (plural Führers or Führer)
- A leader, especially one exercising the powers of a tyrant
- (historical) Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany
TranslationsEdit
leader exercising the powers of a tyrant
Adolf Hitler when chancellor
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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
NounEdit
Führer m (genitive Führers, plural Führer, feminine Führerin)
- agent noun of führen
- guide; a person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.
- guidebook; a text which provides information about a topic
- leader; someone who is ahead of others
- leader; someone who determines the actions of a group
- director, manager, commander; a person in charge of something or someone (chiefly in compounds)
- Geschäftsführer – chief executive officer
- Zugführer – leading conductor (on a train); platoon leader (in the armed forces)
- (formal) driver, pilot; someone who operates a vehicle of some sort (chiefly in compounds)
- (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 now often replaced with other terms (such as Anführer or Leiter) when referring to a guide or leader and not used in a compound. Führer is still a perfectly acceptable word, however.
DeclensionEdit
Declension of Führer
Derived termsEdit
- (guide) Bergführer, Fremdenführer
- (guide or guidebook) Museumsführer, Reiseführer, Sprachführer, Stadtführer
- (guidebook) Episodenführer, Kirchenführer, Serienführer, Spieleführer, Straßenführer
- (someone who is ahead) Marktführer; Tabellenführer
- (someone who leads a group) Judenführer, Kirchenführer, Oppositionsführer, Rädelsführer, Sektenführer, Staatsführer, Terroristenführer, Zionistenführer, Zugführer
- (director, manager) Geschäftsführer
- (driver) Fahrzeugführer, Flugzeugführer, Kraftfahrzeugführer, Kranführer, Lokomotivführer (Lokführer), Schiffsführer, Wagenführer, Zugführer (Zugsführer)
- Führerausweis, Führerschein, Führersitz, führerlos
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Further readingEdit
- Führer in Duden online