Where does “Führerbunker” come from?
Führerbunker (German) comes from German Bunker, from English Bunker, from English bunk, from English bunkum, from English buncombe, from English Buncombe County.
Führerbunker (German): the air raid shelter used by Adolf Hitler and his staff in the last weeks of World War II
Definitions
- the air raid shelter used by Adolf Hitler and his staff in the last weeks of World War II
Ancestry of “Führerbunker”, step by step
Führerbunker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Bunker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Bunker | bunker hardened shelter |
| 2 | English | Bunker | A hardened shelter, often partly buried or fully underground, designed to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks |
| 3 | English | bunk | One of a series of berths or beds placed in... |
| 4 | English | bunkum | Senseless talk; nonsense; a piece of nonsense;... |
| 5 | English | buncombe | Alternative spelling of bunkum |
| 6 | English | Buncombe County | — |