Bundespolizei

German

Alternative forms

• BPOL (initialism)

Etymology

From Bund (“federation”) +‎ -es- +‎ Polizei (“police”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ̯/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bun‧des‧po‧li‧zei

Noun

Bundespolizei f (genitive Bundespolizei, plural Bundespolizeien)

1. (law enforcement) federal police (central police force in a federalist country)

   die amerikanische Bundespolizei ― American federal police [e.g. the FBI]

2. (Germany, specifically) official name of the central police force, until 2005 called Bundesgrenzschutz

   Coordinate term: Landespolizei

Declension

Declension of Bundespolizei [feminine]

	singular			plural
	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

• “Bundespolizei” in Duden online