"Gestapo" meaning in German

See Gestapo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɡeˈstaːpo/, [ɡeˈstaː.po], [ɡə-], [ɡɛsˈtaːpo], /ɡeˈʃtaːpo/ Audio: De-Gestapo.ogg , De-Gestapo2.ogg [Germany, Berlin] Forms: die Gestapo [canonical, feminine], der Gestapo [definite, genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Gestapo [nominative, singular], Gestapo [genitive, singular], Gestapo [dative, singular], Gestapo [accusative, singular]
Etymology: Contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”). The predominant pronunciation with /st/ is from reading out the form as one word and thus to some extent a spelling pronunciation. 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  1. (historical, Nazism) Gestapo Tags: Nazism, definite, historical, proper-noun, usually Related terms: Stapo
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    {
      "form": "die Gestapo",
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        "canonical",
        "feminine"
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    },
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "name",
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    {
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    }
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        "German compound terms",
        "German contractions",
        "German entries with etymon",
        "German entries with incorrect language header",
        "German feminine nouns",
        "German lemmas",
        "German proper nouns",
        "German spelling pronunciations",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teḱ-",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tpelH-",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *tḱey-",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱey-",
        "German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *ḱe",
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      "ipa": "/ɡeˈstaːpo/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡeˈstaː.po]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡə-]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɡɛsˈtaːpo]"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ɡeˈʃtaːpo/"
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        "Berlin"
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}

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