Gauleiter

== German == === Etymology === From Gau +‎ Leiter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaʊ̯ˌlaɪ̯tɐ/ Hyphenation: Gau‧lei‧ter === Noun === Gauleiter m (strong, genitive Gauleiters, plural Gauleiter) (historical) 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 ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: gauleiter → Portuguese: gauleiter → Russian: гауля́йтер (gauljájtɛr) → Ukrainian: гауля́йтер (hauljájter) === Further reading === “Gauleiter” in Duden online == Portuguese == === Noun === Gauleiter m (plural Gauleiters or Gauleiter) alternative letter-case form of gauleiter