Masculine
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.)
- (masculine, strong) guidebook (text which provides information about a topic)
- (masculine, strong) leader (someone who is ahead of others)
- (masculine, strong) leader (someone who determines the actions of a group)
- (in-compounds, masculine, strong) director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)
- (formal, in-compounds, masculine, strong) driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)
- (masculine, strong) fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)
- (Nazism, historical, masculine, strong) Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)
Concepts
upper part of a flag
Synonyms
Fremdenführer
Leithammel
Leittier
Antreiber
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Führende
Leader
Adolf Hitler
Stammeshäuptling
Filmanfang
Translations
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfyː.ʁɐ/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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