politie
[poˈlitsi]
The verdict
“politie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Polizei
Corpus desk
Index DE-politie · politie · German
politie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | politie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [poˈlitsi] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „politie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
politie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [poˈlitsi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Polizei".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for politie, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is politie, spelled P-O-L-I-T-I-E.
Definition
- 1Polizei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how politie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In nood kunt u altijd de politie bellen.
De politie was getipt.
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.