Gestapo

gestapo English Etymology en :ubor de:Gestapo en de Gestapo, a contraction of de Geheime Staatspolizei secret state police. Pronunciation en /ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ/ /ɡəˈʃtɑːpəʊ/ hyper-foreign RP en /ɡɛˈstɑpoʊ/ /ɡəˈʃtɑpoʊ/ hyper-foreign GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-9h8s-Gestapo.wav US en ɑːpəʊ 3 Proper noun 1 en historical Nazism The secret police of Nazi Germany. 227 Fortunately this was Spain and not Germany. The Spanish secret police had some of the spirit of the Gestapo, but not much of its competence. en informal derogatory by extension Any militant oppressive force or group. en 2009 Ian Dunbar More Than a Puff of Smoke 230 Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda. en Jacob Crosse Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids w:World Socialist Web Site https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/07/tebb-j07.html 2025-06-07 One of those injured by the immigration Gestapo spoke to WSWS reporter Kimie Saito, his head wrapped in white bandages stained with blood. https://web.archive.org/web/20250612040918/https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/07/tebb-j07.html Derived terms en Breastapo Gaystapo Gestapolike Translations the secret police of Nazi Germany Arabic: ar جِيسْتَابُو m gistābū Armenian: hy գեստապո Belarusian: be геста́па n Bengali: bn গেস্টাপো Bulgarian: bg геста́по n Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 蓋世太保 gàishìtàibǎo Finnish: fi Gestapo Georgian: ka გესტაპო German: de Gestapo f Greek: el γκεστάπο Hebrew: he גסטאפו m gestapo גֶּסְטָפּוֹ / גסטאפו Hindi: hi गेस्टापो Italian: it Gestapo f Japanese: ja ゲシュタポ geshutapo Korean: ko 게슈타포 Macedonian: mk геста́по n Marathi: mr गेस्टापो Persian: fa گشتاپو geštâpu Polish: pl Gestapo n, pl gestapo n Portuguese: pt Gestapo f Russian: ru геста́по n Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh гестапо n Swedish: sv Gestapo n Thai: th เกสตาโพ Ukrainian: uk геста́по n Vietnamese: vi sở Ghextapô Yiddish: yi געסטאַפּאָ Further reading Anagrams en aegopst age spot postage potages en Organizations Finnish Etymology From fi de Gestapo. Pronunciation Proper noun Gestapo Nazi secret police Declension sg Gestap o a Derived terms fi gestapo German Etymology de :af geheim Staatspolizei de 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 de 1. Pronunciation de /ɡeˈstaːpo/ [ɡeˈstaː.po] [ɡə-] [ɡɛsˈtaːpo] de /ɡeˈʃtaːpo/ fairly rare de De-Gestapo.ogg de De-Gestapo2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f.article de historical Nazism Gestapo Declension f.sg Related terms de Stapo Further reading Geheime Staatspolizei de Italian it: Proper noun f it historical Nazism en Gestapo Anagrams it aegopst pogaste Polish pl: Etymology pl de Gestapo, a de Geheime Staatspolizei secret state police 1 1. Pronunciation Pl-Gestapo.ogg gestapo Proper noun n yes pl historical Nazism pl gestapo Declension Indeclinable or s Related terms pl adjective gestapowski pl nouns gestapowiec gestapówka Further reading Portuguese pt: Etymology pt :ubor de:Gestapo + 1 Pronunciation Guèstapo,Guẹstapo,gèstapo<q:spelling pronunciation> pt apu 3 pt Ges ta po Proper noun f pt historical Nazi en Gestapo the secret police of the Nazi party pt Law enforcement