Geheimpolizei
[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mpoliˌt͡saɪ̯]
The verdict
“Geheimpolizei” is uncommon German (frequency #52,874 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,874
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (vor allem in totalitären Staaten zur Wahrung des herrschenden Regimes und zur Unterdrückung politisch Andersdenkender) geheim operierende Verwaltungseinheit der Polizei mit besonderen Vollmachten ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Geheimpolizei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mpoliˌt͡saɪ̯] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #52,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Geheimpolizei” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Geheimpolizei is uncommon German at frequency #52,874 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mpoliˌt͡saɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(vor allem in totalitären Staaten zur Wahrung des herrschenden Regimes und zur Unterdrückung politisch Andersdenkender) geheim operierende Verwaltungseinheit der Polizei mit besonderen Vollmachten ...".
Geheimpolizei doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Geheimpolizei, spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-P-O-L-I-Z-E-I.
Definition
- 1(vor allem in totalitären Staaten zur Wahrung des herrschenden Regimes und zur Unterdrückung politisch Andersdenkender) geheim operierende Verwaltungseinheit der Polizei mit besonderen Vollmachten zur Verfolgung und Bekämpfung aller staatsfeindlicher Bestrebungen, die nicht der regulären Polizeiverwaltung untersteht und zumeist auch geheim- und nachrichtendienstliche Aufgaben besonders im In- aber bisweilen auch im Ausland übernehmen kann, deren Mitarbeiter zumeist in Zivil agieren und die sich besonders repressiver Methoden von (physischer und psychischer) Gewalt – wie Einschüchterungen, Folter, gezielte Liquidierungen, Mordanschläge, Zersetzung und dergleichen – bedient
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Geheimpolizei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-E-H-E-I-M-P-O-L-I-Z-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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