Rädelsführer

German

Etymology

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

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Noun

Rädelsführer m (strong, genitive Rädelsführers, plural Rädelsführer)

  1. (person who starts and leads a disturbance, a conspiracy, or a criminal gang) ringleader

Declension
Declension of Rädelsführer [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Rädelsführer die Rädelsführer
genitive eines des Rädelsführers der Rädelsführer
dative einem dem Rädelsführer den Rädelsführern
accusative einen den Rädelsführer die Rädelsführer

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Rädelsführer”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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