Gestapo

See also: 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/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːpəʊ

Proper noun

the Gestapo

1. (historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany.
   • 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 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.

2. (informal, derogatory, by extension) Any militant oppressive force or group.
   • 2009, Ian Dunbar, More Than a Puff of Smoke, page 230:

     Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda.

Derived terms

• Gaystapo

Translations

the secret police of Nazi Germany

• Arabic: جِيسْتَابُو m (gistābū)
• Armenian: գեստապո (hy) (gestapo)
• Belarusian: геста́па n (hjestápa)
• Bengali: গেস্টাপো (gesṭapō)
• Bulgarian: геста́по n (gestápo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蓋世太保／盖世太保 (zh) (gàishìtàibǎo)

• Finnish: Gestapo
• Georgian: გესტაპო (gesṭaṗo)
• German: Gestapo (de) f
• Greek: γκεστάπο (el) (gkestápo)
• Hebrew: גֶּסְטָפּוֹ / גסטאפו m (gestapo)
• Hindi: गेस्टापो (gesṭāpo)
• Italian: Gestapo (it) f
• Japanese: ゲシュタポ (geshutapo)
• Korean: 게슈타포 (gesyutapo)
• Macedonian: геста́по n (gestápo)
• Marathi: गेस्टापो (gesṭāpo)
• Persian: گشتاپو (fa) (geštâpu)
• Polish: Gestapo (pl) n, gestapo (pl) n
• Portuguese: Gestapo f
• Russian: геста́по (ru) n (gestápo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гестапо n

• Swedish: Gestapo (sv) n
• Thai: เกสตาโพ
• Ukrainian: геста́по n (hestápo)
• Vietnamese: sở Ghextapô
• Yiddish: געסטאַפּאָ (gestapo)

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

Proper noun

Gestapo

1. Gestapo (Nazi secret police)

Declension

Inflection of Gestapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Gestapo	—
genitive		Gestapon	—
partitive		Gestapoa	—
illative		Gestapoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Gestapo	—
accusative	nom.	Gestapo	—
	gen.	Gestapon
genitive		Gestapon	—
partitive		Gestapoa	—
inessive		Gestapossa	—
elative		Gestaposta	—
illative		Gestapoon	—
adessive		Gestapolla	—
ablative		Gestapolta	—
allative		Gestapolle	—
essive		Gestapona	—
translative		Gestapoksi	—
abessive		Gestapotta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Gestapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gestaponi — accusative nom. Gestaponi — gen. Gestaponi genitive Gestaponi — partitive Gestapoani — inessive Gestapossani — elative Gestapostani — illative Gestapooni — adessive Gestapollani — ablative Gestapoltani — allative Gestapolleni — essive Gestaponani — translative Gestapokseni — abessive Gestapottani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Gestaposi — accusative nom. Gestaposi — gen. Gestaposi genitive Gestaposi — partitive Gestapoasi — inessive Gestapossasi — elative Gestapostasi — illative Gestapoosi — adessive Gestapollasi — ablative Gestapoltasi — allative Gestapollesi — essive Gestaponasi — translative Gestapoksesi — abessive Gestapottasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gestapomme — accusative nom. Gestapomme — gen. Gestapomme genitive Gestapomme — partitive Gestapoamme — inessive Gestapossamme — elative Gestapostamme — illative Gestapoomme — adessive Gestapollamme — ablative Gestapoltamme — allative Gestapollemme — essive Gestaponamme — translative Gestapoksemme — abessive Gestapottamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Gestaponne — accusative nom. Gestaponne — gen. Gestaponne genitive Gestaponne — partitive Gestapoanne — inessive Gestapossanne — elative Gestapostanne — illative Gestapoonne — adessive Gestapollanne — ablative Gestapoltanne — allative Gestapollenne — essive Gestaponanne — translative Gestapoksenne — abessive Gestapottanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Gestaponsa — accusative nom. Gestaponsa — gen. Gestaponsa genitive Gestaponsa — partitive Gestapoaan Gestapoansa — inessive Gestapossaan Gestapossansa — elative Gestapostaan Gestapostansa — illative Gestapoonsa — adessive Gestapollaan Gestapollansa — ablative Gestapoltaan Gestapoltansa — allative Gestapolleen Gestapollensa — essive Gestaponaan Gestaponansa — translative Gestapokseen Gestapoksensa — abessive Gestapottaan Gestapottansa — instructive — — comitative — —

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)

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

die Gestapo f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Gestapo)

1. (historical, Nazism) Gestapo

Declension

Declension of Gestapo [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gestapo
genitive	einer	der	Gestapo
dative	einer	der	Gestapo
accusative	eine	die	Gestapo

Related terms

• Stapo

Further reading

• Geheime Staatspolizei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Italian

Proper noun

Gestapo f

1. Gestapo

Anagrams

• pogaste

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛsˈta.pɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -apɔ
• Syllabification: Ges‧ta‧po
• Homophone: gestapo

Proper noun

Gestapo n (indeclinable)

1. (historical, Nazism) Alternative spelling of gestapo

Declension

Indeclinable

or

Declension of Gestapo

	singular
nominative	Gestapo
genitive	Gestapa
dative	Gestapu
accusative	Gestapo
instrumental	Gestapem
locative	Gestapie
vocative	Gestapo

Related terms

adjective

• gestapowski

 

nouns

• gestapowiec
• gestapówka

 

Further reading

• Gestapo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡesˈta.pu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡesˈta.pu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɡeʃˈta.pu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡesˈta.po/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɛʃˈta.pu/

Proper noun

Gestapo f

1. (historical) Gestapo (the secret police of the Nazi party)