# der Führer

der Führer is a German noun meaning “guide”. Forms: des Führers, die Führer.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Führers
- Plural: die Führer

## In other languages

- Русский: вождь, руководитель, фюрер
- Українська: керівник

## Meanings

1. guide (person who assists people by providing information, giving directions, etc.)
2. guidebook (text which provides information about a topic)
3. leader (someone who is ahead of others)
   - Marktführer — market leader
4. _in-compounds_ director, manager, commander (person in charge of something or someone)
   - Geschäftsführer — chief executive officer
5. _formal · in-compounds_ driver, pilot (someone who operates a vehicle of some sort)
   - Führerschein — driver's license
6. fugue theme (melody in the form it appears in first in a fugue)
7. _Nazism · historical_ Führer (Adolf Hitler when he was the chancellor of Nazi Germany)
8. _historical · no plural_ Führer / Fuehrer / Fuhrer
   - „»Der Führer wird’s schon schmeißen!« Aber das Schweigen derer, die nichts, gar nichts sagen, ist furchtbar.“

## Examples

- Tom ist unser Führer. — Tom is our guide.
- Caesar war der Führer der Römer. — Caeser was the leader of the Romans.
- Nach dem Ableben Stalins gewann Koroljow die Unterstützung des neuen Führers, Nikita Chruschtschow. — After the demise of Stalin, Korolev gained the support of the new leader, Nikita Khrushchev.
- Er war der Führer der großen Expedition. — He was the leader of the great expedition.
- Wir machten den Jungen zu unserem Führer. — We made the boy our guide.

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