Rädelsführer
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Bavarian Rädel (“small circle of persons, ranks, dancing-song”).[1]
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]Rädelsführer m (strong, genitive Rädelsführers, plural Rädelsführer)
- (person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang) ringleader
Declension
[edit]Declension of Rädelsführer [masculine, strong]
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rädelsführer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
[edit]- “Rädelsführer” in Duden online