Brigadeführer
German, noun[bʁiˈɡaːdəˌfyːʁɐ]
Brigadeführer is spelled B-R-I-G-A-D-E-F-Ü-H-R-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 192,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Brigadeführer is a German masculine noun meaning “paramilitary rank of the nazi SA and SS, corresponds to brigadier general; next in rank to Gruppenführer, rank below is Oberführer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Brigadier; Anrede vom SS-Brigadeführer und SA-Brigadeführer”.
What does Brigadeführer mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparamilitary rank of the nazi SA and SS, corresponds to brigadier general; next in rank to Gruppenführer, rank below is Oberführer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Brigadier; Anrede vom SS-Brigadeführer und SA-Brigadeführer 2. General im Range eines SS-Brigadeführers oder SA-Brigadeführers 3. Führer einer Brigade aus Arbeitern
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 Brigadeführer
- Brigadeführers genitive
- Brigadeführern dative definite plural
- Brif abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Brigadeführer?
- [bʁiˈɡaːdəˌfyːʁɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Brigadeführer in German?
Brigadeführer appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).