Führer

Also Fueh·rer

[fy-ruhr, fyoor-er]

noun

German.

1. leader.

2. der Führer the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.

Führer

/ ˈfyːrər, ˈfjʊərə /

noun

1. a leader: applied esp to Adolf Hitler ( der Führer ) while he was Chancellor

Word History and Origins

Origin of Führer¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Word History and Origins

Origin of Führer¹

German, from führen to lead

Example Sentences

The video shows a recreation of AOC on Capitol Hill, delivering a speech that includes phrases like “sultry little temptress” and “ocean-blue eyes that could resurrect the Führer from his grave in Argentina.”

From Salon

Large screens played videos of Lai doctored to make him look like Adolf Hitler with the words "Fuhrer Lai", as well as the slogan "Green Terror" – a reference to the DPP's party colour and the White Terror, a period of authoritarian rule and political repression under the Kuomintang.

From BBC

Did the press of 1930s Germany regularly sanitize the Nazi movement by ringing up Joseph Goebbels or Hermann Göring for their hot takes on how Hitler was merely working to return Germany to greatness, while the Führer was dehumanizing people to consolidate his dictatorial power?

From Salon

Historian Ian Kershaw has written that Hitler had thousands of “little Hitlers,” Gauleiters, district leaders and block wardens throughout the German provinces who were not only happy to do his bidding, but sought to anticipate his will with their own initiatives, a scheme called “working towards the Führer.”

From Salon

The article notes that the mighty fuhrer had very recently “wielded a paintbrush,” and “not only as a housepainter.”

From Los Angeles Times