Führer

See also: fuhrer, fuehrer, Fuhrer, and führer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Führer.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfjʊəɹə/
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Homophones

Noun

Führer (plural Führers or Führer)

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

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German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfyːrər/, /ˈfyːrɐ/
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Noun

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

  1. agent noun of führen
    1. guide; a person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.
    2. guidebook; a text which provides information about a topic
    3. leader; someone who is ahead of others
    4. leader; someone who determines the actions of a group
    5. 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)
    6. (formal) driver, pilot; someone who operates a vehicle of some sort (chiefly in compounds)
      Führerschein. – driver's license.
    7. (music) fugue theme; a melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue

Usage notes
  • 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.

Declension
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 terms
  • (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

Further reading

Portuguese

Noun

Führer m (plural Führer or Führers)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of führer
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