Sprachpolizei
German, noun/ˈʃpʁaːxpoliˌt͡saɪ̯/
Sprachpolizei is spelled S-P-R-A-C-H-P-O-L-I-Z-E-I (13 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sprachpolizei is a German feminine noun meaning “language police” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Polizei oder eine andere bemächtigte oder selbsternannte Institution, um bestimmte Sprachnormen durchzusetzen”.
What does Sprachpolizei mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryfeminineinformallanguage police
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Polizei oder eine andere bemächtigte oder selbsternannte Institution, um bestimmte Sprachnormen durchzusetzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Sprachpolizei?
- /ˈʃpʁaːxpoliˌt͡saɪ̯/
- [ˈʃpʁaːxpoliˌt͡saɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sprachpolizei in German?
Sprachpolizei appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).