Volkspolizei
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from German Volkspolizei.
Proper noun[edit]
Volkspolizei
- (historical) The national police force of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Volk (“people, nation”) + -s- + Polizei (“police”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Volkspolizei f (genitive Volkspolizei, no plural)
- (historical, East Germany) Volkspolizei (the national police force of the German Democratic Republic)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Volkspolizei [sg-only, feminine]
Further reading[edit]
- “Volkspolizei” in Duden online
- “Volkspolizei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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