Führerbunker
German, noun/ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ/
Führerbunker is spelled F-Ü-H-R-E-R-B-U-N-K-E-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 125,379th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Führerbunker is a German masculine noun meaning “the air raid shelter used by Adolf Hitler and his staff in the last weeks of World War II” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bunker des Führers (Adolf Hitler)”.
What does Führerbunker mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethe air raid shelter used by Adolf Hitler and his staff in the last weeks of World War II.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bunker des Führers (Adolf Hitler)
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 Führerbunker
- Führerbunkers genitive
- Führerbunkern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Führerbunker?
- /ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ/
- [ˈfyːʁɐˌbʊŋkɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Führerbunker in German?
Führerbunker appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).