Police

See also: police, poliçe, and policé

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French police, from Italian polizza. Doublet of Polizze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈliːsə/, /poˈliːs/, (Switzerland) /ˈpɔlisə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Police f (genitive Police, plural Policen)

1. insurance policy

   Synonyms: Versicherungsschein, (Austria) Polizze

Declension

Declension of Police [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Police	die	Policen
genitive	einer	der	Police	der	Policen
dative	einer	der	Police	den	Policen
accusative	eine	die	Police	die	Policen

Derived terms

• Versicherungspolice

Descendants

• → Serbo-Croatian: pòlica / по̀лица

Further reading

• “Police” in Duden online
• “Police” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpolis/

Noun

Police f (uncountable)

1. police