politruk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian политру́к (politrúk).

Noun

politruk (plural politruks)

1. (communism, military) A supervisory political officer responsible for ideological education and organization; political commissar.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: politrukki (fi)
• Swedish: politruk (sv) c

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian политру́к (politrúk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔˈli.truk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -itruk
• Syllabification: po‧li‧truk

Noun

politruk m pers

1. (colloquial, historical) politruk

Declension

Declension of politruk

	singular	plural
nominative	politruk	politrucy/politruki (deprecative)
genitive	politruka	politruków
dative	politrukowi	politrukom
accusative	politruka	politruków
instrumental	politrukiem	politrukami
locative	politruku	politrukach
vocative	politruku	politrucy

Further reading

• “politruk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “politruk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swedish

Etymology

Russian политру́к (politrúk)

Noun

politruk c

1. (historical) political officer in a Communist country
2. (figurative, derogatory) person with power, especially those that have received power due to political connections rather than competence

Declension

Declension of politruk

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	politruk	politruks
	definite	politruken	politrukens
plural	indefinite	politruker	politrukers
	definite	politrukerna	politrukernas

References

• “politruk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “politruk”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “politruk”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)