Rädelsführer
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Cognate with Bavarian Rädel (“small circle of persons, ranks, dancing-song”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
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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