Führerhauptquartier
German, noun/fyːʁɐˈhaʊ̯ptkvaʁtiːɐ̯/
Führerhauptquartier is spelled F-Ü-H-R-E-R-H-A-U-P-T-Q-U-A-R-T-I-E-R (19 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Führerhauptquartier is a German neuter noun meaning “Führer's headquarters” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Befehlsstelle, von der aus Adolf Hitler (= Führer) in seiner Eigenschaft als Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht…”.
What does Führerhauptquartier mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterFührer's headquarters
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Befehlsstelle, von der aus Adolf Hitler (= Führer) in seiner Eigenschaft als Oberbefehlshaber der Wehrmacht agierte
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 Führerhauptquartier
- Führerhauptquartiers genitive
- Führerhauptquartiere plural
- Führerhauptquartieren dative definite plural
- FHQ abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Führerhauptquartier?
- /fyːʁɐˈhaʊ̯ptkvaʁtiːɐ̯/
- [ˈfyːʁɐˌhaʊ̯ptkvaʁtiːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Führerhauptquartier in German?
Führerhauptquartier 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).