English
Führer
Führer comes from German Führer ‘guide’, and goes back to Old High German fôrari.
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fôrari
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350füerære
- Germanc. 1650–presentFührer‘guide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old High Germanc. 750–1050fôrari
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350füerære
- Germanc. 1650–presentFührer‘guide’
- Englishearliest quotation 1942same form
Earliest quotation: 1942, Oliver Wallace, Der Fuehrer's Face: “When the Führer says we is the master race…”
Every English word from Old High German fôrari
Today it means
noun Adolf Hitler, during his time as chancellor of Nazi Germany.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old High German fôrari / Führer