Zivi
German, noun/ˈt͡siːvi/
Zivi is spelled Z-I-V-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 75,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zivi is a German masculine noun meaning “clipping of Zivildienstleistender (“person doing community service”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Zivi mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculineclipping of Zivildienstleistender (“person doing community service”)
- 2
masculineslangplain-clothes police officer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. ein Mann, der Zivildienst leistet 2. ein Polizeibeamter in Zivilkleidung
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 Zivi
- Zivis genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zivi?
- /ˈt͡siːvi/
- [ˈt͡siːvi]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Zivi in German?
Zivi appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).