gauleiter

See also: Gauleiter

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gauleiter, from Gau (“administrative division”) + Leiter (“leader”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʊlaɪtə/

Noun

gauleiter (plural gauleiters)

1. (historical) An official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany.
2. Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.
   • 1973, Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me, Penguin, published 2001, page 30:

     Five minutes later, Martland and his gauleiters canter in and whisk poor Hockbottle off to the Cottage Hospital of evil fame.

Translations

an official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany

• Belarusian: гаўля́йтар m (haŭljájtar), гаўля́йтэр m (haŭljájter)
• Bulgarian: гаула́йтер m (gaulájter)
• Danish: gauleiter m
• Dutch: gouwleider m
• French: gauleiter (fr) m
• German: Gauleiter (de) m
• Greek: γκαουλάιτερ (el) m (gkaouláiter)
• Hebrew: גַאוּלַייטֶר m (gaulayter)
• Italian: gauleiter m
• Latvian: gauleiters m
• Lithuanian: gauleiteris m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gauleiter m

• Polish: gauleiter m
• Portuguese: gauleiter m, Gauleiter m
• Romanian: gauleiter (ro) m
• Russian: гауля́йтер (ru) m (gauljájtɛr)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гаулајтер m

• Spanish: gauleiter m
• Swedish: gauleiter c
• Ukrainian: гауля́йтер m (hauljájter)

an overbearing official

• Belarusian: гаўля́йтар m (haŭljájtar), гаўля́йтэр m (haŭljájter)
• Russian: гауля́йтер (ru) m (gauljájtɛr)
• Ukrainian: гауля́йтер m (hauljájter)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Gauleiter

Noun

gauleiter m (plural gauleiters or gauleiter)

1. (historical) gauleiter (official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gauleiter.

Noun

gauleiter m (plural gauleiteri)

1. gauleiter

Declension

Declension of gauleiter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) gauleiter	gauleiterul	(niște) gauleiteri	gauleiterii
genitive/dative	(unui) gauleiter	gauleiterului	(unor) gauleiteri	gauleiterilor
vocative	gauleiterule		gauleiterilor