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ü

[ fy-ruhr; English fyoor-er ]

noun

German.
  1. der ü [der , fy, -rer], the leader: title of Adolf Hitler.


ü

/ ˈfyːrər; ˈfjʊərə /

noun

  1. a leader: applied esp to Adolf Hitler ( der ü ) while he was Chancellor
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ü1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Word History and Origins

Origin of ü1

German, from ü to lead
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Standing in front of the führer, David's narrator has a similar epiphany.

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But laughing at the Fuhrer is perhaps the cardinal sin when living under fascism—this is no joke.

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Daalder was alluding to Britain’s early World War II prime minister who was widely criticized for appeasing Hitler as the German fuhrer marched across Europe.

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Trump is channeling the ü principle and what Nazi legal scholar Carl Schmitt described as a “state of exception.”

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Would its leadership drop the oath to the Constitution and swear an oath to Trump personally, as the German Army did when it swore personal allegiance to the ü rather than the Weimar constitution?

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