Definition
A man in the public security service who enforces laws and protects people from danger.
Translations
- English
- male police officer
- Français
- policier
- Türkçe
- erkek polis memuru
- Polski
- policjant
- Русский
- полицейский
- Українська
- поліцейський
GERMAN DICTIONARY
der Polizist
- B1
- Noun
- Work & Professions
- Society & Public Life
male police officer
/deːɐ̯ poliˈt͡sɪst/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- der
- Gender
- Masculine
- Plural
- Polizisten
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- B1
- Topics
- Work & ProfessionsPrimarySociety & Public Life
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Der Polizist kontrollierte die Dokumente des Fahrers.NominativSing.The police officer checked the driver's documents.
- Ich sah den Polizisten vor dem Gebäude.AkkusativSing.I saw the police officer in front of the building.
- Die Bürgerin dankte dem Polizisten für seine Hilfe.DativSing.The female citizen thanked the police officer for his help.
- Die Uniform des Polizisten war deutlich erkennbar.GenitivSing.The police officer's uniform was clearly recognizable.
- Die Polizisten patrouillierten gemeinsam durch die Innenstadt.NominativPlur.The police officers patrolled the city center together.
- Die Beamten riefen die Polizisten zu Hilfe.AkkusativPlur.The officers called the police officers for help.
- Die Einsatzleitung gab den Polizisten neue Anweisungen.DativPlur.The operations command gave the police officers new instructions.
- Die Arbeit der Polizisten ist oft gefährlich.GenitivPlur.The work of police officers is often dangerous.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Polizist/poliˈt͡sɪst/
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Article phrase
der Polizist/deːɐ̯ poliˈt͡sɪst/
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Plural
Polizisten/poliˈt͡sɪstn̩/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Polizist | die Polizisten |
| Akkusativ | den Polizisten | die Polizisten |
| Dativ | dem Polizisten | den Polizisten |
| Genitiv | des Polizisten | der Polizisten |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Adjective combinationein erfahrener Polizist
- CollocationPolizist spielen
- Profession expressionals Polizist arbeiten
- Sentence patternDer Polizist nimmt eine Zeugenaussage auf.
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
- Near-synonymPolizeibeamter
Polizeibeamter is the more formal official designation; Polizist is more common in everyday usage and can also refer to police personnel who are not civil servants.
- Narrower termKriminalpolizist
A Kriminalpolizist is a specific type of Polizist that primarily investigates crimes.
- Related termFeuerwehrmann
Police officers and firefighters are different professions in the field of public safety and emergency services.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Word family
- Polizeibeamtin
- Polizistin — female police officer