Der Reiseführer
Example: Der Reiseführer zeigte uns die schönsten Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt.
Definition
"Der Reiseführer" refers to a guidebook or a person who provides detailed information and directions about tourist attractions, helping travelers explore and understand a city or region effectively.
Etymology
The word "der Reiseführer" combines the German words "Reise," meaning journey or travel, and "Führer," meaning leader or guide. Originally, it referred to a person leading a journey, but it also came to mean a book that guides travelers. Did you know that "Führer" has a general meaning of leader, long before its more infamous associations?
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"Der Reiseführer" appears in the Vocaplus list "German - Tourism - (A1-C2) - set 1", containing 135 commonly used words.
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