"Führer" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfyː.ʁɐ/ Audio: De-Führer.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German füerære, vüerære, füerer, vüerer, from Old High German fôrari, equivalent to führen (“to lead”) + -er. Cognate with Yiddish פֿירער (firer), Cimbrian büurar, Swedish förare. In the historical sense probably a calque of Italian Duce. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|füerære}} Middle High German füerære, {{inh|de|goh|fôrari}} Old High German fôrari, {{suf|de|führen|er|t1=to lead}} führen (“to lead”) + -er, {{cog|yi|פֿירער}} Yiddish פֿירער (firer), {{cog|cim|büurar}} Cimbrian büurar, {{cog|sv|förare}} Swedish förare, {{cal|de|it|Duce|nocap=1}} calque of Italian Duce Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Führer m (strong, genitive Führers, plural Führer, feminine Führerin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Führers [genitive], Führer [plural], Führerin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Führer [nominative, singular], Führer [definite, nominative, plural], Führers [genitive, singular], Führer [definite, genitive, plural], Führer [dative, singular], Führern [dative, definite, plural], Führer [accusative, singular], Führer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (guide): Bergführer Derived forms (guide or guidebook): Museumsführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-Xnp6A6Y1 Disambiguation of 'guide': 56 6 6 6 13 2 4 6 Disambiguation of 'guide or guidebook': 35 22 5 7 9 5 6 10
  2. guidebook (text which provides information about a topic) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (guidebook): Episodenführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-esm8zP1a Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 2 3 24 2 9 1 10 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 11 1 11 11 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 2 13 5 12 17 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 6 20 4 15 3 15 16 19 Disambiguation of 'guidebook': 9 59 1 6 1 7 6 12
  3. leader (someone who is ahead of others) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (someone who is ahead): Marktführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-bUojDnpL Disambiguation of 'someone who is ahead': 15 1 47 15 6 13 0 3
  4. leader (someone who determines the actions of a group) Tags: masculine, strong Derived forms (someone who leads a group): Judenführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-mNJt6FTi Categories (other): Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 11 1 11 11 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 2 13 5 12 17 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 6 20 4 15 3 15 16 19 Disambiguation of 'someone who leads a group': 20 1 20 28 8 18 2 3
  5. (chiefly in compounds) director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone) Tags: in-compounds, masculine, strong Derived forms (director, manager): Geschäftsführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-r6DEt1DJ Disambiguation of 'director, manager': 18 2 2 2 61 2 4 8
  6. (formal, chiefly in compounds) driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort) Tags: formal, in-compounds, masculine, strong Derived forms (driver): Fahrzeugführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-rW4g-uvB Categories (other): Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 11 1 11 11 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 2 13 5 12 17 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 6 20 4 15 3 15 16 19 Disambiguation of 'driver': 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  7. (music) fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue) Tags: masculine, strong Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-4ER72d7i Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 2 3 24 2 9 1 10 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 11 1 11 11 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 2 13 5 12 17 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 6 20 4 15 3 15 16 19 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  8. (historical, Nazism) Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany) Tags: Nazism, historical, masculine, strong Categories (topical): Nazism, Leaders, Nazism Derived forms (paramilitary rank in the Nazi party): Obergruppenführer
    Sense id: en-Führer-de-noun-de:Nazism Disambiguation of Leaders: 15 11 8 13 12 9 9 21 Disambiguation of Nazism: 6 13 2 7 8 7 11 46 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 20 2 3 24 2 9 1 10 10 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 2 2 21 2 11 1 11 11 21 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 4 24 2 13 5 12 17 23 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 6 20 4 15 3 15 16 19 Disambiguation of 'paramilitary rank in the Nazi party': 9 1 2 2 13 2 9 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Anführer, Entführer, Führung
Derived forms: Fremdenführer, Reiseführer, Sprachführer, Stadtführer, Kirchenführer, Serienführer, Spieleführer, Straßenführer, Tabellenführer, Oppositionsführer, Rädelsführer, Sektenführer, Staatsführer, Terroristenführer, Zionistenführer, Zugführer, Flugzeugführer, Kraftfahrzeugführer, Kranführer, Lokomotivführer (Lokführer), Schiffsführer, Wagenführer, Zugführer (Zugsführer), Führerausweis, Führerschein, Führersitz, führerlos Derived forms (police job): Hundeführer Disambiguation of 'police job': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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          "_dis": "6 13 2 7 8 7 11 46",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
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          "_dis1": "9 1 2 2 13 2 9 63",
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        "Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)"
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          "Führer",
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}
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    "German nouns",
    "German terms calqued from Italian",
    "German terms derived from Italian",
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    "German terms derived from Old High German",
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      "sense": "guide",
      "word": "Bergführer"
    },
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      "word": "Fremdenführer"
    },
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      "sense": "guide or guidebook",
      "word": "Museumsführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Reiseführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sprachführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Stadtführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "guidebook",
      "word": "Episodenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kirchenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Serienführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Spieleführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Straßenführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "someone who is ahead",
      "word": "Marktführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tabellenführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "someone who leads a group",
      "word": "Judenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Oppositionsführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Rädelsführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sektenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Staatsführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Terroristenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zionistenführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zugführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "director, manager",
      "word": "Geschäftsführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "driver",
      "word": "Fahrzeugführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Flugzeugführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kraftfahrzeugführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kranführer"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Lokführer",
      "word": "Lokomotivführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schiffsführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Wagenführer"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Zugsführer",
      "word": "Zugführer"
    },
    {
      "sense": "police job",
      "word": "Hundeführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Führerausweis"
    },
    {
      "word": "Führerschein"
    },
    {
      "word": "Führersitz"
    },
    {
      "word": "führerlos"
    },
    {
      "sense": "paramilitary rank in the Nazi party",
      "word": "Obergruppenführer"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "Duce",
        "nocap": "1"
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      "name": "cal"
    }
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        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Führer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "Führer",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
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      "form": "Führer",
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "Anführer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Entführer"
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      "word": "Führung"
    }
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        "masculine",
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    },
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        "leader (someone who is ahead of others)"
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
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        "masculine",
        "strong"
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    },
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      "categories": [
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        {
          "english": "chief executive officer",
          "text": "Geschäftsführer",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "leading conductor (on a train); platoon leader",
          "text": "Zugführer",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)"
      ],
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        [
          "director",
          "director"
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        [
          "manager",
          "manager"
        ],
        [
          "commander",
          "commander"
        ]
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        "(chiefly in compounds) director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)"
      ],
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        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German formal terms",
        "German terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "driver's license",
          "text": "Führerschein",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)"
      ],
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        [
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        [
          "pilot",
          "pilot"
        ]
      ],
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        "(formal, chiefly in compounds) driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)"
      ],
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        "formal",
        "in-compounds",
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Music"
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      "glosses": [
        "fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)"
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        [
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          "music"
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          "fugue",
          "fugue"
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        "(music) fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "German terms with historical senses",
        "de:Nazism"
      ],
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        "Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)"
      ],
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          "#English"
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        "(historical, Nazism) Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)"
      ],
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      ],
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈfyː.ʁɐ/"
    },
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      "audio": "De-Führer.ogg",
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    }
  ],
  "word": "Führer"
}

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