Noun
die Bundespolizei
Pronunciation: /ˈbʊndəspoliˌtsaɪ̯/
federal police (central police force in a federalist country)
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plural Bundespolizeien
Meanings
Noun
- federal police (central police force in a federalist country)
- official name of the central police force, until 2005 called Bundesgrenzschutz
Example sentence
Am Bahnhof kontrolliert die Bundespolizei manchmal die Ausweise.
At the station the federal police sometimes check people's IDs.
Word forms
singular
die Bundespolizei
plural
die Bundespolizeien
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Bundespolizei
Accusativedie Bundespolizei
Dativeder Bundespolizei
Genitiveder Bundespolizei
Plural
Nominativedie Bundespolizeien
Accusativedie Bundespolizeien
Dativeden Bundespolizeien
Genitiveder Bundespolizeien
Usage
- die Bundespolizei — A federal police force; the collective German noun is feminine singular.
- Bundespolizei / Landespolizei — These distinguish federal police from a state's police in a federal system.
Eine Sprecherin der Bundespolizei beantwortete die Fragen der Presse.
A federal police spokesperson answered questions from the press.