Bundespolizei
German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Bund (“federation”) + -es- + Polizei (“police”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Bundespolizei f (genitive Bundespolizei, plural Bundespolizeien)
- (law enforcement) federal police (central police force in a federalist country)
- die amerikanische Bundespolizei ― American federal police [e.g. the FBI]
- (Germany, specifically) official name of the central police force, until 2005 called Bundesgrenzschutz
- Coordinate term: Landespolizei
Declension edit
Declension of Bundespolizei [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Bundespolizei | die | Bundespolizeien |
| genitive | einer | der | Bundespolizei | der | Bundespolizeien |
| dative | einer | der | Bundespolizei | den | Bundespolizeien |
| accusative | eine | die | Bundespolizei | die | Bundespolizeien |
Further reading edit
- “Bundespolizei” in Duden online