Bundespolizei

German

Alternative forms
  • BPOL (initialism)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ̯/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Bun‧des‧po‧li‧zei

Noun

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  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

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