Anführer
German, noun/ˈan.fyːrɐ/
Anführer is spelled A-N-F-Ü-H-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 9.3 times per million words in written German, the 7,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anführer is a German masculine noun meaning “leader, head, chief, commander; person in charge of a group or organisation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Person, die eine Gruppe leitet”.
What does Anführer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleader, head, chief, commander; person in charge of a group or organisation
- 2
masculineinstructor
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Person, die eine Gruppe leitet 2. Person oder Gruppe, die den ersten Platz eines noch nicht entschiedenen Ereignisses belegt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Anführer
- Anführers genitive
- Anführern dative definite plural
- Anführerin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anführer?
- standard /ˈan.fyːrɐ/
- standard /ˈɑn.fyːrər/
- [ˈanˌfyːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anführer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anführer in German?
Anführer appears 9.3 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).