Vopo
German, noun
Vopo is spelled V-O-P-O (4 letters) and appears about once in every 27 million words in written German, the 301,457th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vopo is a German masculine noun meaning “syllabic abbreviation of Volkspolizist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, VoPo is a different word: “alternative form of Vopo (“Volkspolizei”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kurzwort für Volkspolizei”.
What does Vopo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesyllabic abbreviation of Volkspolizist
noun
- 1
femininesyllabic abbreviation of Volkspolizei
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of Vopo (“Volkspolizei”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kurzwort für Volkspolizei
noun: 1. Kurzwort für Volkspolizist
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 Vopo
- Vopos genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is Vopo in German?
Vopo appears about once in every 27 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).