Polyglot Dictionary

Geschäftsführer

/ɡəˈʃɛftsˌfyːʁɐ/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Geschäftsführer

Meaning

  1. managing director

    Built from Geschäft (business) + Führer (leader).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Geschäft business
  • Führer leader

Similar words

Direktor

Geschäftsführer is a managing director, specifically running the day-to-day business; Direktor is the more general title for the head of an institution.

Similar in other languages

English

director

director is the English word for the same thing — both mean "managing director."

French

directeur

directeur is the French word for the same thing — both mean "director, manager."

Practice

1 What does Geschäftsführer mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ unterschrieb den Vertrag.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Geschäftsführer?

nouncompound

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