Etymology

führer

Today it means: Adolf Hitler, during his time as chancellor of Nazi Germany. Full definition →

German Führer
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The story

  1. German · borrowed fromFührer
  2. English todayFührer

Unadapted borrowing from German Führer, modelled after Italian Duce. Doublet of farer.

Words from the same roots

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fuhrer

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.