Polizeikessel
German, noun/poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌkɛsl̩/
Polizeikessel is spelled P-O-L-I-Z-E-I-K-E-S-S-E-L (13 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written German, the 482,822nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polizeikessel is a German masculine noun meaning “kettling (police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators); the area where the crowd is contained” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das dichte, einkreisende Umringen einer versammelten Personengruppe durch Polizeikräfte, um eine (mutmaßlich)…”.
What does Polizeikessel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekettling (police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators); the area where the crowd is contained
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. das dichte, einkreisende Umringen einer versammelten Personengruppe durch Polizeikräfte, um eine (mutmaßlich) von dieser ausgehende Gefahr (beispielsweise eine Straßenschlacht) zu unterbinden oder einzudämmen beziehungsweise die Gruppe zu kontrollieren
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 Polizeikessel
- Polizeikessels genitive
- Polizeikesseln dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Polizeikessel?
- /poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌkɛsl̩/
- [poliˈt͡saɪ̯ˌkɛsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Polizeikessel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Polizeikessel in German?
Polizeikessel appears about once in every 62 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).