Kommissar
German, noun/kɔmɪˈsaːɐ̯/
Kommissar is a German masculine noun meaning “commissioner” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Vollmachten ausgestatteter Regierungsbeauftragter”.
What does Kommissar mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecommissioner
- 2
masculinetitle of a police officer at the beginning of the upper service
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mit Vollmachten ausgestatteter Regierungsbeauftragter 2. Dienstgrad bei Polizei und einigen anderen öffentlichen Diensten 3. Polizist mit dem Dienstgrad Kommissar
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Kommissar
- Kommissars genitive
- Kommissare plural
- Kommissaren dative definite plural
- Kommissär variant
- K. abbreviation
- Kommissarin feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kommissar?
- /kɔmɪˈsaːɐ̯/
- [kɔmɪˈsaːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kommissar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kommissar in German?
Kommissar appears 9.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).