# Gestapo
## English
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɡɛˈstɑːpəʊ/, (hyper-foreign) /ɡəˈʃtɑːpəʊ/
* (General American) IPA: /ɡɛˈstɑpoʊ/, (hyper-foreign) /ɡəˈʃtɑpoʊ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɑːpəʊ

### Proper noun

the Gestapo
* (historical, Nazism) The secret police of Nazi Germany.
** 1938 April, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XIII, in Homage to Catalonia, London: Secker & Warburg, →OCLC, page 227:Fortunately this was Spain and not Germany. The Spanish secret police had some of the spirit of the Gestapo, but not much of its competence.
* (informal, derogatory, by extension) Any militant oppressive force or group.
** 2009, Ian Dunbar, More Than a Puff of Smoke, page 230:Men were frog-marched by the feminist Gestapo into accepting an alien 'politically correct' agenda.

#### Derived terms

* Gaystapo

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Gestapo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* age spot, postage, potages

## Finnish
### Etymology

From German Gestapo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡestɑpo/, [ˈɡe̞s̠tɑ̝po̞]
* Rhymes: -estɑpo
* Hyphenation: Ges‧ta‧po

### Proper noun

Gestapo
* Gestapo (Nazi secret police)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of Gestapo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gestaponi
accusative
nom.
Gestaponi
gen.
Gestaponi
genitive
Gestaponi
partitive
Gestapoani
inessive
Gestapossani
elative
Gestapostani
illative
Gestapooni
adessive
Gestapollani
ablative
Gestapoltani
allative
Gestapolleni
essive
Gestaponani
translative
Gestapokseni
abessive
Gestapottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gestaposi
accusative
nom.
Gestaposi
gen.
Gestaposi
genitive
Gestaposi
partitive
Gestapoasi
inessive
Gestapossasi
elative
Gestapostasi
illative
Gestapoosi
adessive
Gestapollasi
ablative
Gestapoltasi
allative
Gestapollesi
essive
Gestaponasi
translative
Gestapoksesi
abessive
Gestapottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gestapomme
accusative
nom.
Gestapomme
gen.
Gestapomme
genitive
Gestapomme
partitive
Gestapoamme
inessive
Gestapossamme
elative
Gestapostamme
illative
Gestapoomme
adessive
Gestapollamme
ablative
Gestapoltamme
allative
Gestapollemme
essive
Gestaponamme
translative
Gestapoksemme
abessive
Gestapottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gestaponne
accusative
nom.
Gestaponne
gen.
Gestaponne
genitive
Gestaponne
partitive
Gestapoanne
inessive
Gestapossanne
elative
Gestapostanne
illative
Gestapoonne
adessive
Gestapollanne
ablative
Gestapoltanne
allative
Gestapollenne
essive
Gestaponanne
translative
Gestapoksenne
abessive
Gestapottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
Gestaponsa
accusative
nom.
Gestaponsa
gen.
Gestaponsa
genitive
Gestaponsa
partitive
Gestapoaan Gestapoansa
inessive
Gestapossaan Gestapossansa
elative
Gestapostaan Gestapostansa
illative
Gestapoonsa
adessive
Gestapollaan Gestapollansa
ablative
Gestapoltaan Gestapoltansa
allative
Gestapolleen Gestapollensa
essive
Gestaponaan Gestaponansa
translative
Gestapokseen Gestapoksensa
abessive
Gestapottaan Gestapottansa
instructive
comitative

#### Derived terms

* gestapo

## German
### Etymology

Contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”). The predominant pronunciation with /st/ is from reading out the form as one word and thus to some extent a spelling pronunciation.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡeˈstaːpo/, [ɡeˈstaː.po], [ɡə-], [ɡɛsˈtaːpo]
* IPA: /ɡeˈʃtaːpo/ (fairly rare)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

die Gestapo f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Gestapo)
* (historical, Nazism) Gestapo

#### Related terms

* Stapo

### Further reading

* Geheime Staatspolizei on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Italian
### Proper noun

Gestapo f
* Gestapo

### Anagrams

* pogaste

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Gestapo, a contraction of Geheime Staatspolizei (“secret state police”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɛsˈta.pɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -apɔ
* Syllabification: Ges‧ta‧po
* Homophone: gestapo

### Proper noun

Gestapo n (indeclinable)
* (historical, Nazism) Alternative spelling of gestapo

#### Declension

Indeclinable
or

#### Related terms

* gestapowski
* gestapowiec
* gestapówka

### Further reading

* Gestapo in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Gestapo.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡesˈta.pu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ɡesˈta.pu/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ɡeʃˈta.pu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ɡesˈta.po/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɡɛʃˈta.pu/

### Proper noun

Gestapo f
* (historical) Gestapo (the secret police of the Nazi party)