Noun
die Stasi
Pronunciation: /ˈʃtaːzi/
the Stasi (the state security service and secret police of the GDR)
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Meanings
Noun
- the Stasi (the state security service and secret police of the GDR)
- anyone seen as restraining freedom of opinion and speech
- anyone seen as violating people's private sphere and/or engaged in excessive data collection
Example sentence
Die Stasi überwachte in der DDR das Leben vieler Bürger.
In the GDR the Stasi kept watch over the lives of many citizens.
Word forms
singular
die Stasi
No common plural.
The four cases
Singular
Nominativedie Stasi
Accusativedie Stasi
Dativeder Stasi
Genitiveder Stasi
Stasi has no common plural.
Usage
- die Stasi — short name for the DDR's state security service; feminine
- die Stasi-Akte — a file kept by that service; common historical compound
Im Museum lasen wir einen Bericht über die Arbeit der Stasi.
At the museum, we read a report about the work of the Stasi.