"guiding star" in German guiding star Leitstern Detailed translations for "guiding star" guiding star guiding star(also: lodestar, guiding light) der Leitstern{masculine} As long as he lived, he was the guiding star of a great nation. Source: opensubtitles.org Corpus by OPUS Request review Solange er gelebt hat, war er der Leitstern einer großen Nation.