noun
travel guide, tour guide
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Means 'travel guide' (guidebook) and 'tour guide' (person). It's a masculine noun (der Reiseführer). Plural is identical: Reiseführer; female agent is Reiseführerin. No special prepositions; standard declension. Common in travel contexts, referring either to a book with tips and maps or to a person who leads tours.
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Die Touristen kauften den Reiseführer, damit sie die Sehenswürdigkeiten besser finden konnten.
The tourists bought the guidebook so that they could find the sights more easily.
Der Reiseführer zeigt uns die schönsten Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt.
The tour guide shows us the city's most beautiful sights.
Ich habe mir einen neuen Reiseführer für Spanien gekauft.
I bought a new travel guide for Spain.
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Imagine a guide holding a map labeled 'Reise' leading a group.
Sounds like 'travel + fuhrer' — think 'travel leader' (guide).
der Reiseführer — masculine 'der' like a male guide leading the tour.
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Plural is identical in form (Reiseführer). Can mean the printed guidebook or a person leading tours depending on context.