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An official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party (after 1933 increasingly adopting state functions).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Borrowed from German Gauleiter, from Gau (“administrative division”) + Leiter (“leader”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Belarusian:
гаўля́йтар
(hawljájtar)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Belarusian:
гаўля́йтэр
(hawljájter)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Bulgarian:
гаула́йтер
(gaulájter)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Danish:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Dutch:
gouwleider
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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French:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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German:
Gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Greek:
γκαουλάιτερ
(gkaouláiter)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Hebrew:
גַאוּלַייטֶר
(gaulayter)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Italian:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Latvian:
gauleiters
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Lithuanian:
gauleiteris
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Norwegian Bokmål:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Polish:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Portuguese:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Portuguese:
Gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Romanian:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Russian:
гауля́йтер
(gauljájtɛr)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Serbo-Croatian:
гаулајтер
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Spanish:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Swedish:
gauleiter
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Ukrainian:
гауля́йтер
(hauljájter)
— an official in charge of a district of the Nazi Party
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Belarusian:
гаўля́йтар
(hawljájtar)
— an overbearing official
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Belarusian:
гаўля́йтэр
(hawljájter)
— an overbearing official
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Russian:
гауля́йтер
(gauljájtɛr)
— an overbearing official
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Ukrainian:
гауля́йтер
(hauljájter)
— an overbearing official
