Gestapo

== English == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ/, (hyper-foreign) /ɡəˈʃtɑːpəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɛˈstɑpoʊ/, (hyper-foreign) /ɡəˈʃtɑpoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɑːpəʊ === Proper noun === the Gestapo (historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany. (informal, derogatory, by extension) Any militant oppressive force or group. ==== Derived terms ==== Gaystapo ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === Gestapo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === age spot, postage, potages == Finnish == === Etymology === From German Gestapo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡestɑpo/, [ˈɡe̞s̠tɑ̝po̞] Rhymes: -estɑpo Syllabification(key): Ges‧ta‧po Hyphenation(key): Ges‧ta‧po === Proper noun === Gestapo Gestapo (Nazi secret police) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gestapo == German == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡeˈstaːpo/, [ɡeˈstaː.po], [ɡə-], [ɡɛsˈtaːpo] IPA(key): /ɡeˈʃtaːpo/ (fairly rare) === Proper noun === die Gestapo f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Gestapo) (historical, Nazism) Gestapo ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Stapo === Further reading === Geheime Staatspolizei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Italian == === Proper noun === Gestapo f Gestapo === Anagrams === pogaste == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɛsˈta.pɔ/ Rhymes: -apɔ Syllabification: Ges‧ta‧po Homophone: gestapo === Proper noun === Gestapo n (indeclinable) (historical, Nazism) alternative spelling of gestapo ==== Declension ==== Indeclinable or ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === Gestapo in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Gestapo f (historical) Gestapo (the secret police of the Nazi party)