געסטאַפּאָװעץ

Yiddish

Etymology

From German German Gestapo, Slavicized and Yiddishized.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈstapɔvət͡s/

Noun

געסטאַפּאָװעץ • (gestapovets) m

1. (Khurbn) Gestapo man

References

• Pollin-Galay, H. (2024). Occupied Words: What the Holocaust did to Yiddish, pp.181, 235. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN: 978-1512825909