Kommissar

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔmɪˈsaːɐ̯/
• Rhymes: -aːɐ̯

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Noun

Kommissar m (strong, genitive Kommissars, plural Kommissare)

1. commissioner
2. (Germany) title of a police officer at the beginning of the upper service

Usage notes

In the German police, the full title is either Polizeikommissar or Kriminalkommissar. Equal-ranking public servants in the administration holds the title of Regierungsinspektor. In terms of hierarchy, a Kommissar is comparable to a Leutnant (“lieutenant”) or Leutnant zur See (“ensign”).

Declension

Declension of Kommissar [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kommissar	die	Kommissare
genitive	eines	des	Kommissars	der	Kommissare
dative	einem	dem	Kommissar	den	Kommissaren
accusative	einen	den	Kommissar	die	Kommissare

Derived terms

• EU-Kommissar
• Kommissariat
• kommissarisch
• Kriminalkommissar
• Polizeikommissar
• Reichskommissar

 

Further reading

• “Kommissar” in Duden online
• “Kommissar” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Kommissar on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de