Bundespolizei
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German[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bund (“federation”) + -es- + Polizei (“police”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Bundespolizei f (genitive Bundespolizei, plural Bundespolizeien)
- (law enforcement) federal police (central police force in a federalist country)
- die amerikanische Bundespolizei ― American federal police [e.g. the FBI]
- (Germany, specifically) official name of the central police force, until 2005 called Bundesgrenzschutz
- Coordinate term: Landespolizei
Declension[edit]
Declension of Bundespolizei [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Bundespolizei | die | Bundespolizeien |
genitive | einer | der | Bundespolizei | der | Bundespolizeien |
dative | einer | der | Bundespolizei | den | Bundespolizeien |
accusative | eine | die | Bundespolizei | die | Bundespolizeien |
Further reading[edit]
- “Bundespolizei” in Duden online