Meanings
guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.)
guidebook (text which provides information about a topic)
leader (someone who is ahead of others)
Marktführermarket leader
in-compoundsdirector, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)
Geschäftsführerchief executive officer
formal · in-compoundsdriver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)
Führerscheindriver's license
fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)
2 more meanings
Nazism · historicalFührer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)
historical · no pluralFührer / Fuehrer / Fuhrer
„»Der Führer wird’s schon schmeißen!« Aber das Schweigen derer, die nichts, gar nichts sagen, ist furchtbar.“
Examples
GermanEnglish
Tom ist unser Führer.Tom is our guide.
Caesar war der Führer der Römer.Caeser was the leader of the Romans.