Regisseur

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) director (male or of unspecified gender)
2. (figuratively,masculine,metaphoric,strong) trainer, coach (male or of unspecified gender)

Concepts

director

stage director

producer

film director

theatre director

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ʁeʒɪˈsøːɐ̯]

Etymology

Borrowed from French régisseur, which stands for bailiff or trustee in English, as well as assistant director in theater. The word is actually a false friend; in French the film director is a metteur en scène or sometimes réalisateur, but never a régisseur.

Sentences

Das Drehbuch verfasste der Regisseur selbst .

The script was written by the director himself.