Schupo
[ˈʃuːpo]
The verdict
“Schupo” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Bundesrepublik Schutzpolizei
Corpus desk
Index DE-schupo · Schupo · German
Schupo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" 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 | Schupo |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [ˈʃuːpo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schupo“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schupo is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [ˈʃuːpo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Bundesrepublik Schutzpolizei".
No misspelling variants are generated for Schupo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Schupo, spelled S-C-H-U-P-O.
Definition
- 1in der Bundesrepublik Schutzpolizei
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schupo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Während der Fahrt nach Osten wurden die Transporte von Angehörigen der Schutzpolizei (Schupo) bewacht.“
„Wo auch die Schupo vorstößt, ihn zu fassen meint, schon mit den Händen zu halten glaubt… Zehn Meter weiter wandert er, blinkt er, spottet er, droht er.“
This word in other languages
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.