Polyglot Dictionary

Polizei

/poliˈtsaɪ̯/

die noun A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. police

    • Sie riefen sofort die Polizei.

      They immediately called the police.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Gesetz

Close — the police enforce the law, closely related concepts.

Similar in other languages

French

police

police is the French word for the same thing — both mean "police."

Portuguese

polícia

polícia is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "police."

Practice

1 What does Polizei mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie riefen sofort die ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Polizei?

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