Vocabulary
die
Polizei
/poliˈtsaɪ̯/· noun· Pl. —
police
Emergency: 110 for the Polizei, 112 for the fire brigade and ambulance.
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Forms
- Singular
- die Polizei
- Plural
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- der Polizei
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Polizei
police
Ruf sofort die Polizei!
Call the police immediately!
Word family
Polizeider Polizistpolice officerdie Polizistinpolice officer (woman)polizeilichpolice
Common combinations
- die Polizei rufento call the police
- zur Polizei gehento go to the police
- die Polizei kommtthe police are coming
Real examples
- Er wollte schon die Polizei anrufen — da lag das Portemonnaie im Kühlschrank.He was about to call the police — then the wallet turned up in the fridge.
- Die Polizei hat die Straße gesperrt.The police have closed the road.
- In Deutschland ruft man die Polizei unter eins-eins-null an.In Germany you call the police on one-one-zero.
