nounnot in the study set
der Gauleiter
/ˈɡaʊ̯ˌlaɪ̯tɐ/
A leader of a Gau of the Nazi Party, after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions, especially when they were concurrently Reichsstatthalter or head of a Reichsgau
- genitive
- des Gauleiters
- plural
- die Gauleiter
- built from
- Gau + Leiter
Meanings
- 1
A leader of a Gau (district) of the Nazi Party, after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions, especially when they were concurrently Reichsstatthalter (head of a province or former federal state) or head of a Reichsgau (administrative division in territories annexed to Germany)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | derGauleiter | dieGauleiter |
| accusative | denGauleiter | dieGauleiter |
| dative | demGauleiter | denGauleitern |
| genitive | desGauleiters | derGauleiter |
Forms in lighter type are derived by the standard declension rules from the nominative, genitive and plural.